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FIRST YEAR WITH JESUS. 



SENIOR GRADE. 



LESSON I 
THE BABE AND THE ANGELS. 

I. Golden Text : Psa. xlv, 1, 2. II. Home Reading : Monday, Psalm 
xlv. Tuesday. Gen. xlix, 10; Psa. lxxii, 1-5. Wednesday, Psa. lxxii, 
7/, Psa. lxxii, 15-20. Friday, 1 Sam. xvi, 1-7. Saturday, 
Sabbath, Luke ii, 1-14. 



III. Lesson Hymn. 



87, 87. 



Hark ! what mean those holy voices, 

•tly sounding through the skies? 
Lo ! th' angelic host rejoices; 
Heavenly halleluias rise. 

to the wondrous story, 
• 1 they chant in hymns of joy :— 
Gh-ry in the highest, glory, 

1 God most high ! 



Peace on earth, good-will from heaven, 
Reaching far as man is found ; 

Souls redeemed, and sins forgiven ! — 
Loud our golden harps shall sound. 

Christ is horn, the great Anointed , 
Heaven and earth his praises sing: 

receive whom God appointed, 
For your Prophet, Priest, and King. 



IV. The Lessen : Luke ii, 4, 7-14. 

1. Read the lesson carefully in concert, by alternate verses or re- 
rively. 

■t one scholar (all hooks closed) narrate the principal facts of the 
1 —subject, persons, places, time, actions, etc. 

-t of the class may give attention to this narration, and 
add such facts as may have been omitted, the teacher giving 
each in turn an opportunity of so doing. 
4. Let one of the class draw on a slate, blackboard, or sheet of paper 
Lsing Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and the Dead Sea. 
[This ia a BmaU matter, and not very important, yet it can be attended 
than two minutes, and may aid some pupil in the better mi- 
nding of the lesson.] 
Take up the principal words and phrases of the lesson, and see 
all have a clear understanding of them : shepherds, same country, 
glory of the Lord, good tidings, city of David. 

;d ask, What lessons may we learn from this ? * 
7. Having kept a list of the lessons drawn .from the entire subject, 
important be selected and repeated. 

•me subject connected with the lesson may be 

the schola sample : The shepherds were at their 

in the field doing their plain work. While there God's angel 

'4* v write out the lessons they draw from each verse These 

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came. We may learn from thifl that "The place of duty is the place 

\V. 

ions : I. V* be Bhepherds alarmed at the appearance 

of tin y aid the b % the song of verse 14? 3. How 

did the advent of J< >ry to God," and " peace" to the 

earth I -4. How does the Golden Text apply to Jesus? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Jesus. (Matt, i, 21.) "Christ hallowed s?e of human life."— Bengel. 

"Fruit of the womb," Luke i. 42: "babe," ii, 12; '•child.*' li, 40; "man," John i, 30. 

"Shepherds. In early times shepherds wore men of wealth. The daughters of 
noble patriarchs watched and watered the flocks. Gen. xxix, 9. At a later day. he- 
sides the chief shepherds, there were keepers of the sheep— hired servants. [Who was 
the first shepherd of whom we have any account?] In the times of Christ the Bhep- 
herds probably belonged to the poorer classes. The sheep market, where sheep for 
the temple sacrifices were kept, was near Jerusalem. Did these Bethlehem shepherds 
have charge of the flocks consecrated to the temple service? Why did these shep- 
herds keep watch ? Gen. xxxi, 39 ; 1 Sam. xvii, 34. 35 ; John x, 8. The flocks and herds 
of Judea and the Jordan valley are now often driven away by Bedouin robbers from 
beyond the Dead Sea. Why do you think the Gospel was first preached tosheph 
Why was Jesus called a shepherd? Psalm xxiii; Isaiah xl, 11; John x, 14, 16; Heb. 
xiii. 20; 1 Pet. v. 4. What are some of the qualities of a good shepherd? Perhaps 
the Bethlehem shepherds were like Simeon. Luke ii, 25. 

Angels. (Greek, "messenger," "one who is sent.') 1. " Angel of the Lord." Luke 
ii, 9. 2. "Multitude of the heavenly host." Angels numerous. Job xxv, 3: Heb. 
xii. 22: Rev. v, 11; Matt xxvi, 53. Mighty. Psa. ciii, 20. Holy. Matt. xxv. 31. 
. Heb. i, 14; Psa. xxxiv, 7; xci, 11. When were angels sent to Elijah, 
Daniel. Jesus? 1 Kin. xix. 5: Dan. ix. 21-23; Matt, iv, 11; Luke xxii, 43. Ever to the 
Anostles? To whom? Where? When? 

Birth of Christ. "Four years earlier than the usual date."— Lan ge. "During 
the sixth year before the beginning of the common era. 'Anno Domini.' "—Dr. 
/. " He was born on the evening of (which begun) the fifth of April, the tenth 
day of the Jewish Nisan ; on which same day of April, and the fourteenth of Nisan, he 
i, thirty-three years after. Before this time there would be abundance of 
in the pastures, the spring rains being over."— GresweU Quoted 
" The fixing the birth of Christ in December is unsustained by tradition and invalida- 
ted from Scripture."— Dr. Whedon. See Luke ii, 1,2- "But Cyrenius was not 
ernor till ten years after the birth of Christ." An&icers: 1. Perhaps the taxing 
not take place until ten years after the enrollment. 2. Cyrenius may have been at the 
time a sort of associate governor. 3. Perhaps as a Roman senator he was sent to take 
the preparatory census.— Dr. Fish. 4. The German scholar Zumpt thinks that Cyre- 
nius was twice governor. See Dr. Whedon. 

Judea, Galilee. Luke ii, 4; Ezra v, 8; Luke xxiii, 5; John vii, 1- Word Judea, 
or Jewry, sometimes applied to all Palestine. Matt, xix, 1 ; Luke xxiii, 5. Properly, 
it embodied "the original territories of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, together 
with Dan and Simeon; being almost the same with the old kingdom of Judah, and 
about one hundred miles in length and sixty in breadth." Galilee was the northern 
of the three provinces, (Acts ix, 31,) into which Western Palestine was divided in the 
- of Christ. It comprised the tribes of Asher, Naphtali, Zebulon, and Issachar. 

Bethlehem. (House of Bread.) Who is called "the bread of life?" Why? 

Ephratahy (fruitful, Micah v, 2.) BetTdehem-Juaah, to distinguish it from Bethlehem 

in Zebulon. Josh, xix, 15. Now called Beit Lahm. (House of Flesh.) How called in 

Luke ii, 4, 11 ? Why? Ruth i, 1. 2. 22: iv, 17; 1 Sam. xvi, 4-13- A small place. Six 

miles south of Jerusalem. Stands on the crest of a hill. Small, well cultivated vah 

U around it. Three or four thousand inhabitants, (all nominal Christians.) 

Wall of Bethlehem about thirty feet high. In the eastern part of Bethlehem, on the 

if the hill, stands a convent and church, covering the cave where tradition as- 

• hat Christ was born. The people cultivate vegetables and fruit for the Jerusa- 

oarkets, and carve crucifixes, scollop shells, .etc., r o sell to travelers and 

pilgrims. The women and children are very beautiful. This fact is attributed by 

Mm to '• the Norman blood of the Crusaders' colony." 

Lessons. 1. The religion of Jesus is from heaven. Angels its first ministers. 
2. Heavenly things may have lowly beginnings. Babe, manger, Bethlehem, shep- 
herds. Nazareth. Luke x, 21 ; 1 Cor. i, 27. "The Founder of the heavens rocked in a 
cradle; the Swayer of the world swathed in infant bands." Diamonds are often hid- 
den in dark and lowly places. 3. The glorious transformations and abundant provis- 
»f the Gospel. Fills the night with the glory of the Lord; fills the still air with 
jubilant angels : provides for sinners a Saviour ; puts shepherds on a level with angels 
as preachers of the Gospel; gives peace instead of war, good-will instead of hate, and 
instead of Atheism, "Glory to God in the highest." '"With malice toward none, 
with charity for all.' This motto of President Lincoln, spoken in the midst of a fear- 
ful civil war, March 4, 1865, is an earthly echo of the divine evdoiua, (good will.")— 
Dr- ISchaffi. 4. The place of duty is the place of divine visitation. To shepherds at 
their nightly task the angels came. See Sermon Outline No. xxiii. Fletcher's 
Works, vol. iv, page 214. On the " inn" see Whedon on Luke ii, 7. 



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LESSON 11. 
THE BABE AND THE SHEPHERDS. 

I. Golden Text : lsa. lii, 9, 10. II. Home Reading : Monday, Exod. 
Ili, i oxi. Wednesday, John i, 1-14. Thursday, 

/, lsa. xi, 1-9. Saturday, lsa. xii. Sabbath, 
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III. Lesson Hymn. 87, 87, 47. 



. from the realms of glory, 
your flight o'er all Hie earth; 
sanir creation's story. 
N.ov proclaim Messiah's birth: 
Gome and worship,— 
Worship Christ, the new-bom kins. 



Shepherds, in the field abiding, 
Watching o'er your flocks by night, 

God with man is now residing: 
Yonder shines the infant light: 
Come and worship, — 

Worship Christ, the new-born king. 



IV. The Lesson: Luke ii, 15-20. 

[We do not print the lesson in full because we think it far preferable 
for every senior scholar to have a Bible of his own, and use that instead 
of extracts in a lesson book.] 

1. Review the last lesson. Let some scholar recall the facts. 

2. Books closed, let a scholar state the facts of this lesson. 

3. Study the lesson by references ; that is, when a verse or clause is 
read by the teacher, let the class recite or refer to the Scripture pas- 

3 following. Let all be free to ask questions, suggest difficulties, 
and draw lessons. 

Verse 15- In heaven. Luke xxiv, 51 ; 2 Kin. ii, 1-11 ; 1 Pet. iii, 22. Let us go. Exod. 
iii. 3; Pea. cxi,2; Matt, ii, 1, 2, 9, 11 ; xii, 42 ; John xx, 1-10. 

Verse lii. With haste. Luke i, 39; Eccles. ix, 10. Found. Verse 12; Luke xix, 32; 
xxii, 13. 

Verse 17. They made known. Luke viii, 39; Psa. lxvi, 16 ; lxxi, 17, 18; Mai. iii, 16 ; 
John i, 41, 46; iv. 2 

ed. Luke ii, 33, 47; i, 65, 66 ; iv, 36; v, 9, 10 ; lsa. viii, 18. 

Verse 19. Kept, pondered. Luke i, 66; ii, 51; ix, 43, 44; Gen. xxxvii, 11 ; 1 Sam. 
xxi. 12; 1'rov. iv, 4; Mosea xiv, 9. 

tying (rod. Luke xviii, 43; xix, 37, 38; 1 Chron. xxix, 10-12 ; Psa. 
lxxii, 17-19 ; Acts ii, 46, 47. 

4. Read each verse and ask : What lessons may we draw from this ? 
A paper or essay may be read by one of the class on a topic drawn 

from the lesson. Eor example : The shepherds went to see for them- 
selves what the angels reported. Topic : The value of personal experi- 
ence in the truths of God. ; . . 

testions: 1. "Why did not the shepherds send one of their num- 

ad of going themselves? 2. Why did they return rejoicing? 

"hat lessons may Sunday-school teachers and ministers of the Gos- 

Iraw from this "subject? 4. What do we learn from the Golden 

Text? 

V. Condensed Notes, 

[For an account of Shepherds and of Bethlehem, see notes on Lesson I.] 

The inn, manger, house. Luke ii, 7; Matt, ii, 11. The lower story of eastern 

inn*. I and even the inner court, are often used as stables. 

: are crowded, the lower story may also be used 

he word translated " manger" may mean simply "stable." Dr. 

: "Probably the birth actually took place in an ordinary house of 

babe was laid in one of the mangers, such as are 

still : i this region." Was the house" where 

the wise me •• the inn ? 



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(iood Tidings, a) announced ; b) by sign assured ; c) by the angelic host indorsed; 
d)by the Bhepherds investigated; e) and published abroad;/) wondered at by the 
people : o) bidden and pondered in Mary's heart; U) filling the shepherds with grati- 
tude and joy. 

Lessons. 1. There is, in the religion of Jesus, a personal evidence and experience. 
"now," and "with haste." Heb. sii, 25. "Let us now go and see." Luke ii, 15. 
2. Having proved, publish abroad the good news. Experience in the things of God 
fits us for preaching the things of God. It gives us joy and assurance. 

VI. A Poem. 

[To be read by one of the pupils.] 



Babe of promise, born at last, 

After weary aires past, 

When our hopes were overcast :— 

Babe of weakness, can it be 
That earth's last great victory 
Is to be achieved by thee ? 

Child of meekness, can it be 
That the proud rebellious knee 
Of this world shall bend to thee ? 

Child of poverty, art thou 

He to whom all heaven shall bow, 

And all earth shall pay the vo.w? 

Can that feeble head alone 
Bear the weight of such a crown 
As belongs to David's son ? 

Can these helpless hands of thine 
Wield a scepter so divine 
As belongs to Jesse s line ? 

Heir of pain and toil, whom none 
In this evil day will own, 
Art thou the Eternal One ? 



Thus reveal' d to shepherd's eyes, 
Hidden from the great and wise. 
Entering earth in lowly guise,— 

Entering by this narrow door, 
Laid upon this rocky floor, 
Placed in yonder manger poor,— 

We adore thee as our King, 
And to thee our song we sing, 
Our best offering to thee bring. 

Blessed Babe of Bethlehem, 
Owner of earth's diadem, 
Claim and wear the radiant gem. 

Scatter darkness with thy light, 
End the sorrows of our night, 
Speak the word, and all is bright. 

Spoil the spoiler of the earth, 
Bring creation's second birth, 
Promised day of song and mirth. 

Babe of Bethlehem, to thee, 

Infant of eternity, 

Everlasting glory be !— H. Bonar. 



LESSOR III. 
THE BABE AND THE WISE MEN. 



I. Golden Text: Matt, ii, 10. II. Home Reading: Monday, Num. 
xxii, 1-21. Tuesday, Num. xxii, 22-41. Wednesday, Num. xxiii, 1-30. 
Thursday, Num. xxiv, 1-14. Friday, Num. xxiv, 15-25. Saturday, 
1 Kings x, 1-13 ; Matt, xii, 42. Sabbath, Matt, ii, 1-23. 



III. Lesson Hymn. 



8s & 7s. 



Saw you never, in the twilight, 

When the sun has left the skies, 
Up in heaven the clear stars shining 

Through the gloom, like silver eyes? 
So of old, the wise men watching 

Saw a little stranger star, 
And they knew the King was given, 

And they followed it from far. 

Heard you never of the story 
How they crossed the desert wild, 

Journeyed on by plain and mountain, 
Till they found the holy child- 



How they opened all their treasure, 
Kneeling to that infant King, 

Gave the gold and fragrant incense, 
Gave the myrrh in offering ? 

Know you not, that lowly infant 

Was the bright and morning Star, 
He who came to light the Gentiles, 

And the darkened isles afar ? 
And we too may seek his cradle, 

There our hearts' best treasure bring- 
Love and faith and true devotion, 

For our Saviour, God, and King. 



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IV. The Lesson: Matt, ii, 1-12. 

1. Kcv'uv ! and [I as rapidly as possible. 

•_>. Bead this lesson eUiptically : thatis,iet oneof the scholars read 
the leason, omitting words which the rest, of the Lr Bibles 

closed, may Bupply. 

Words to be examined: wise men, Herod, diligently, Esaias, 
star, frankincense, myrrh. 

Read each verse and draw lessons. 

i.d a scholar read to the class 11. Kirke White's poem on " The 

G. How is the Bible like the star of Betklekem? How may aSunday- 
Bchool teacher be like that starl What Bible passages refer to a star 
B symbol of Christ $ [Examine Concordances at kome.] 

V. Condensed Notes. 

What was this star? Answers: "An angelic apparition." "The light of the glory 
Dff Che Lord, that first attracted the shepherds." "A comet." "A meteor." "A 
jtellation." "A conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn." In the year of Rome 747 
hhree conjunctions of these planets, the Jifst, May 29, (then, say the advo- 
y. the wise men started;) the second, October 27 ; the third, No- 
jrember 12. " If they performed the route from Jerusalem to Bethlehem in the even- 
- is implied, the November conjunction in 15 cleg, of Pisces would be before them 
of Bethlehem, coming to the meridian about 8 o'clock P. M."— 
; . " A miraculous star created especially for this purpose." It was "His star, 
and not a star that existed independently of Him."— Dr. Whedon. "The star 
sparkled brilliantly beyond all other stars. It was a strange and wonderful sight. 
The other stars, with the sun and moon, formed a choir around it, but its blaze out- 
shone them all."— Ignatius, quoted by Meander. 
The Star of Bethlehem, a) arresting the attention ; b) guiding the footsteps ; 
citing the joy : d) rewarding the faith and perseverance of the Magi ; e) troubling 
the King and people of Jerusalem; /) pointing the Sanhedrim to their Scriptures; 
nbolizing the divine origin, glory, character, and mission of the Christ on whom 
it shone. 
Lessons. 1. Ours is not a God of the Jews alone. 2. Nature, rightly studied, 
- ro Christ. 3. In Herod see a troubled, artful, deceived sinner fighting against 
God. Nature, (the star,) piety, (the wise men,) Scripture, (the prophets,) troubled 
Herod, and so trouble all sinners who rightly interpret them. 4. A sincere Gentile 
better than a self-righteous Jew. The Jews held the prophecies and ignored their 
fulfillment; pointed the Gentiles to their Messiah, and themselves crucified him. 
They were dead, dumb, finger-posts. " Those who are near are often afar off, and those 
who are afar off, near." 

"These are the only true wise men who use their learning to find out heaven. 
Behold, a star shows your way, and God is at your journey's end."— Austin. " If you 
spend your time while reading the Scriptures in searching for poetical beauties, or 
making critical remarks, you act as those wise men would have done if they had sat 
down spectators of the phenomenon, but taken no step in following it." — R. Cecil. 
"Offer the gold of charity, the frankincense of devotion, the myrrh of penitency."— 
Sutton. 
See Robertson's Sermon on " TJie Star in the East" vol. ii, page 46. 



LESSOR IT. 
THE BOY JESUS IN THE TEMPLE. 

I. Golden Text : Luke ii, 49. II. Home Reading : Monday, Gen. 
xxxvii, 1-11. Tuesday, 1 Sam. ii, 18, 19 ; iii. Wednesday, 1 Kings iii, 
y, Psa. cxix, 1-16. Friday, Psa. cxix, 33-48. Saturday, 
Psa. cxix, 97-104. Sabbath, Luke ii, 40-52. 



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III. Lesson Hymn. 



C. M. 



Wisdom ! whose unfading power 

stood. 
To frame in nature's earliest hour 

The land, the sky, the flood: 

Yet didst thou not disdain awhile 
An infant form to wear,— 

To bless thy mother with a smile, 
And lisp thy faltered prayer. 



But in thy Pal bode. 

With Israel's elders round, 

Conversing high with Israel's God, 
Thy chief-. and. 

So may our youth adore thy Name ! 

And. Saviour, deign to 
With fost'ring grace the timid flame 

Of early holiness. 



IV. The Lesson: Luke ii, 46-52. 

1. Recall titles of the preceding lessons. 

2. Draw a map locating Nazareth and Jerusalem. 

3. Read the lesson verse by verse, and inquire as you go: (1.) What 
is there in this verse I do not fully understand? (2.) What lessons 
may I draw from this verse ? 

4. Bibles closed, let the teacher recall by questions the principal 
facts and instructions of the lesson. 

5. A brief paper may be prepared on the beautiful question of verse 
49, "Wietyenot?" etc. 

6. Examine the following passages, and draw lessons from them : 
Psalm xl, 8 ; John iv, 34 ; vi, 38 ; viii, 29 ; ix, 4. 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Jerusalem. The Temple. Jerusalem is situated among the mountains of Ju- 
dea, thirty-four miles south-east of Joppa. It is now called "El-Khuds," the holy. 
The temple stood on Mount Moriah, on the eastern side of the city. It comprised, 
besides the sanctuary itself, several courts, where were halls, chambers, and arcades, 
in which schools were held. 

Nazareth. An insignificant village in Galilee, sixty-five miles from Jerusalem, sev- 
enteen from the Mediterranean Sea, and fifteen from Tiberias. Not even mentioned 
by Josephus. Despised by its neighbors. John i, 46. Referred to in the New Testa- 
ment twenty-six times. Present name JYasireh. Population about four thousand. 
Beautifully located. Surrounded by hills which rise around it " like the edge of a shell, 
to guard it against intrusion." " Like a green nest," says Dr. M'Leod. " The houses 
are of white limestone, square, and flat-roofed; they look clean and cheerful."— Jliss 
Rogers. " Up to Jerusalem." Luke ii, 42. " Went down," verse 51. Nazareth is 1,237 
feet above the level of the sea. Mount Zion at Jerusalem, 2,550. 

Allusions to time. 1. 4i Every year," etc. Luke ii, 41. For institution and ob- 
jects of passover, see Exod. xii. First month Nisan, or Abib, nearly corresponding 
to oUr April. Fourteenth day. Feast of unleavened bread immediately followed. 
Lasted seven days. Exod. xii, 18-20. The two feasts counted one, and lasted in all 
eight days. See Luke xxii, 1 ; ii, 43.- Also consult Exod. xxiii, 17. Why did Mary, also, 
go to Jerusalem? 2. "A day's journey." Luke ii, 44. Six to eight hours' journey on 
horses or camels, at the rate of three miles an hour. Caravans usually leave a place 
in the afternoon. Then, if any thing needed for the jourhey has been forgotten, it is 
easy to return for it. 3. " Twelve years." Luke ii, 42. At twelve (some say thirteen) 
years of age a Jewish boy incurred legal obligations, and was called a^sonof the 
law." At twelve required to learn a trade. 4. After three days," Luke ii, 46, includ- 
ing one day of travel northward, one day of return, and one of search. 

1. The Supernatural Child, a) his steady growth ; o) his heavenly grace; c) a 
pious pilgrim; d) an absorbed student; e) a wonder to the learned ; /') an enigma to 
his mother; g) a model for all children; Jt) a representative of celestial childhood. 
i 2>. Therein Hlities of childhood revealed in Jesus. Knew God as '•Fa- 

ther." Loved his temple. Loved to do his will. "The child found congenial occu- 
pation in the things of God; in the temple he was at home.' 1 — Jtfeanaer. 3. We 
must submit to the necessities of our position. We can serve God in Nazareth as 
well as in Jerusalem ; in a lowly home as well as in a holy temple ; among carpenters 
as well as among doctofl of the law. 4. '"The Son of man once a lost son." 
5. " Perhaps he stayed at some friends' houses, (such a child as he could not but be 
the darling of all that knew him, and all would court his company,) and went up to 
the temple only at church time. It is good to see young people willing to dwell in the 
house of the Lord."— Henry. 6. "The first known words of Jesus Christ, Priest^ 
Victim, and Teacher, spoken in the temple, are words of consecration, sacrifice, self- 
denial, and light. Let them teach us to do the work of God without consulting with 
flesh and blood."— 0/. ■ 

On the Passover see L th, see Stanley's 

"Sinai and Pal . • 356. Dr. Durbin's " Observation* m the £a$t" vol 

ii. page 32. 



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LESSOR V. 

JESUS BAPTIZED BY JOHN. 

I. Golden Text: Matt, iii, 15, II. Home Reading : Monday, Matt. 
iii, 1-1-2. Tuesday, Luke iii, 1-8. Wednesday* Luke iii, 9-20. 77/// - 
, Mark vL 11-20. Friday, Matt, xvii, 34-27. Saturday, Mark 
toft, Matt, iii, 13-17. 

III. Lesson Hymn. C. M. 

How Most are they who always tread I As thou our souls hast charged and bound 
The pure and perfect way ! Thy precepts to fulfill, 

Whose feet, by God's commandment led. So, would that all my steps were found 

Can never go astray. I Where points thy holy will ! 

IV. The Lesson: Matt, iii, 1-6, 13-15. 

1. Divide the class into four sections, and examine all the principal 
facts bv comparing the four Evangelists: Matt, iii, 4-6, 11, 12; Mark 
i, 4-S :"Luke iii, 1-3, 7, 12, 14-17 ; John i, 19-28. 

2. John the Baptist : state the facts of his life ; his jDarents, birth, 
dress, mission, character, death. (Occupy but little time in this. See 
l * Slate Lesson" in First Year with Jesus, Third Grade.) 

3. Examine each verse, and ask : (1.) What important lesson do we 
draw from this ? (2.) What difficulties are there in this verse ? 

4. A map should be prepared on the slate or blackboard comprising 
Jerusalem, Nazareth, Jordan, and north end of Dead Sea. 

5. Recite and draw lessons from the Golden Text. 

V. Condensed Notes. 

John. (Hebrew, Johanan, " Whom Jehovah hath graciously given.") How many 
Johns in the New Testament? Acts iv, 6; xii, 12; Matt, iv, 21 ; Luke i, 13. John Bav- 
born at Hebron, or Juttah. "John was of the priestly race by both parents." 
" A connecting link between Malachi and Christ." Because of his fidelity, imprisoned ; 
through the whim of a wicked king, and the malice of a vile woman, murdered. Self- 
denying, faithful, humble, bold. Testimony of Jesus to him: Matt, xi, 7-9, 11-13, 18; 
John v. 31-3-3. lie wrought no miracle. John x, 41. 

Jordan. "The flowing;" the principal river of Palestine. It has three sources, 
all of which are at the foot of Mount Hermon. They unite in forming Lake Huleh— 
the Waters of Merorn "— and from this the Jordan passes south through Lake Ti- 
berias to the Dead Sea. It is a narrow, crooked, rapid stream. Distance from its 
upper source at Hasbeiya to the Dead Sea about 120 miles. It is over 2,000 feet lower 
at its mouth than at its source. The Dead Sea is 1,292 feet below the level of the Med- 
iterranean, and 3,842 feet below Mount Zion at Jerusalem. 

Bethabara. John L 28. (House of ford or ferry.) "Bethany the older reading" 
Af/ora. OrBeth-bara. Judg vii, 24. Or Beth-nimrah. Num. xxxii, 36. Beth-nimrah 
it of the Jordan, and on the banks of Wady Sha'ib, which empties into the Jordan 
near one of its principal fords, and not far from Jericho. Mr. Tristam favors this the- 
ory. By this ford Elijah passed for the last time before his translation. "Is there 
not, too, a peculiar appropriateness in this identification, if he who was to come ' in 
the spirit and power of Elias' appeared, completed his mission, and discharged his 
function of herald of the kingdom by the baptism of Christ near the very spot where 
his prototype had disappeared ?" — Tristans 

Age of Christ at his Baptism. Luke iii, 23; Num. iv, 3, 47. "In August, A. D. 
2.V— /v. Strang. 

John's clothing and food. Camel's hair cloth is a coarse material worn by the 
common people. Their loose flowing robes were fastened by a girdle of silk, cotton, 
3ts: Perhaps one of the eight or ten species of insects called locusts, 
in Scripture. They are sometimes broiled and steeped in oil; often roa 
or boiled, and salted down for eating. Some say the locusts were the pods of the 
kbarub or Syrian locust tree. "It is nutritious, containing starch, sugar, oil, etc. 
Children enjoy and thrive on it. When dry, if soaked in honev, it is like new fruit. 



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The Arabs all like sweet food." — Miss Rogers. Honey : A vegetable product exuding 
from the trees: or the product of bees, found in the crevices of rocks, etc. Or grape 
molasses, called "dibs." and much eaten by the Aral's. 

The baptism of Christ was a substitute for the accustomed Jewish anointing. 
By it he was recognized as the appointed prophet, priest, and king. "The subject is 
baptized for buoj< ction, the kin.tr for royalty."— Dr. WMdon. " The baptism of mem- 
bers prepared them to receive pardon and salvation ; that <>f Christ was his coir 
tion to the work of bestowing these precious gifts."— Neander. .John was for the 
moment the Buperiorin office, as is the priest who anoints the kirr--. or the chief justice 
who administers the oath of office to the president. Was the baptism of Jesus private 
or public ? 

Lessons: 1. John, the model preacher, a) calling sin by its real name: 
l>) refusing to compromise with it : c) warning sinners of then* peril ; d) preaching re- 
pentance; e) distinguishing between true and false repentance; f) pointing to . 
as the Lamb of God; o) Willing himself to be nothing am:>nu r men, if Jesus might be 
all and in all to men; //) full of simplicity in spirit and manner of life; humble; 
j) self-sacrificing; industrious; I) faithful; m) intrepid. 

2. Jesus, the perfect character, a) "fulfilling all righteousness;" b) not de- 
spising any religious service as "trifling" or "unimportant: " c) sanctifying ceremony 
with vray er; a) acknowledged as the "Son of God;" e) "beloved" on account of 
intrinsic excellence;/') "well pleasing" to God in all his motives, words, and deeds. 
3. Before the ministry of pardon comes the ministry of repentance— John before Je- 
sus. The soul must hear John's call, "Repent," before it can appreciate Christ's call, 
"Come." 4. John was great, as forerunner of Jesus; but greater, the humblest em- 
bassador of Jesus. See Matt, xi, 11. 5. John's life of self-denial gave him voicer 
over the people, peace of mind, and eternal life. "Holy strictness is still the true 
initiation into the exalted joy of the Christian life."— Oosterzee. 6. Make an outward 
profession and observe thefo?'ms of religion. 7. Let it be your fixed purpose in life 
to '• fulfill all righteousness." Have a tender conscience about little things. Nothing 
is non-essential if its neglect violates a principle. 8. By obedience and prayer keep 
heaven open above you. 9. Seek the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 10. Seek it as a 
witn ess of Divine fathership, love, and approval. 11. Seek it, that you may be pre- 
pared for the temptations that are sure to come upon nil who would be the Lord's. If 
Satan is lurking in the wilderness, the mountain, the city, and even the temple of God, 
let us not leave the Jordan until a Spirit stronger than he shall have been given us. 

On the Jordan, see Robinson's " Physical Geography of Palestine,'" page 161. 



LESSON VI. 



THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY GHOST. 

I. Golden Text : Isa. xl, 31. II. Home Reading : Monday, Isa. xl, 
1-11. Tuesday, Isa. xl, 12-17. Wednesday, Isa. xliv, 1-8. Thursday — 
Isa. lxi, 1-3. Friday, Luke iii, 20-22; iv, 16-20. Saturday, Mark i, 
7-11. Sabbath, Matt, iii, 13-17. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



Vouchsafe, celestial Dove, thy peace, 
That we at perfect peace may be : 

Within our hearts thy love increase,— 
Within our thoughts, thy purity. 



Light divine ! direct our feet, 
Which long in error's paths have trod ; 

Our prisoned souls with freedom greet, 
Convince of sin, and lead to God. 



IV. The Lesson: Luke iii, 15-18, 21-23. 

1. Examine by class-sections, as in the last lesson. Matt, iii, 16, 17 ; 
Mark i, 10, 11 ; Luke iii, 21, 22 ; John i, 32-34. 

2. Review the facts of the last lesson. 

3. Read each verse ; remove difficulties, and draw lessons. 

4. Topic for conversation : The Holy Spirit. 

5. Questions: (1.) Whose voice was heard in Matt, iii, 17? (2.) On 



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what other occasion in the life of Jesus did the same \ oioe saj the sumo 

Word When was the same voire again heard.' John xii, 

How may man seewre the presence ami indwelling of this same 
Holy 8piri 

Recite the Golden Text. 

V. Condensed Notes. 

1. Spirit of God. How called in Mark i. 10; Lake Hi, 22? Bpirlt, Greek pntumn, 

itliii:-'. breath, the wind, the breath of life, the soul of man, the Spirit of Q-od. 
The holy and all merciful God reveals himself to man as an awakening, quickening, 
enlightening, sanctifying energy. Corresponding to this revelation, as its ;iuthor or 
medium, there Is a " distinction " or " person " in the divine nature. This distinction 
or person i- the Spirit, Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, Spirit of Truth, Spirit of Christ, Com- 
forter, etc., the third person in the Trinity. 

2. Descending like n dove. Matt, iii, 16. In a bodily shape. Luke iii, 22. 
The dove i- frequently mentioned in Scripture. It is a bird of swift flight. Psalm lv, 6 ; 
of beautiful plumage, Psa. ixviii, 13; of mournful note, Isa. xxxviii, 14 ; Nahum ii, 7. 

- one greatly beloved and beautiful, Solomon's Song ii, 11. Harmless. Matt. 
x, 16. The dove first mentioned in Genesis viii, 8. The appearance was dovelike in 
form; some think that the descending light had a "quivering motion," like that of a 
i\ow about to rest on any object. "A flame of fire, or bright shining light, seen dart- 
imr upon him from heaven, or moving in the manner of a dove toward him. It rested 
upon or perhaps surrounded him, and remained for some time encircling him." 

3. Heaven opened, <0 to shed divine light upon man ; b) to give testimony to the 
divinil ad his religion: c) to hear prayer; d) to guarantee the qualities of 
heavea to man by the descent of the Holy Spirit; e) to prepare Jesus for his encounter 
with Satan. 



LESSOR VII. 
JESUS TEMPTED OF SATAN. 

I. Golden Texts : James i, 12 ; 1 Peter v, 8. II. Home Reading : 
Monday, Gen. iii, 1-15. Tuesday, 2 Chron. xviii, 1-22. Wednesday, 
Job i, 1-1-2. Thursday, Job i, 13-22. Friday, Eph. vi, 10-20. Satur- 
day, 1 John iii, 5-10. Sabbath, Matt, if, l-ll. 



III. Lesson Hymn. 



S. M. 



Mv spirit, Lord, alarm, 
When men and devils join : 

st all the powers of Satan arm, 
In panoply divine. 



may I set my face. 

His onsets to repel ; 
Quench all his firry darts, and chase 

The fiend to his own hell. 



IV. The Lesson: Matt, iv, 1-10 ; Marki, 12, 13 ; Lukeiv, 1-12. 

1. Carefully compare parallel passages. 

What facts can you collect from the Word of God concerning Sa- 
tan? See Matt, xiii, 19; Mark iv, 15; Matt, xxv, 41: Luke x, 18; 
xi, 15; John viii, 38. 41, 44; xiii, 2; Acts v, 3 ; 2 Cor. xii, 7 ; James 
: -1 Peter ii, 4 ; Be v. xii, 9, etc. 
What difficulties present themselves in this lesson ? 
4. What practical instruction do you draw from each verse? 

What circumstances rendered the condition of Jesus very sad, and 
his temptation peculiarly aggravating^ 
6. Recite the Golden T< 



V. Condensed Notes. 

Satan. (Hebrew, an adversary, the slanderer, accuser,) cnlled Devil about fortv 
times and Satan about fifty times in Scripture; also called Apollyon, Beelzebub, god 
of this world, etc. ii, ii. 



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Forty days. I and "nights," Matt, iv, 2. "A season," Luke iv, 13. 

Chrisl ' i in. ^ here and I 

Wilderness of Judea. We may divide Judea into four sections: (1) '''he Low 
land, or plain between the Mediterranean Sea and the mountains. (2J The South 
land, or pleasant region between the mountains and the southern desert. (B.) The 
High land, or mountain region in the center of the country. UJ The Desert land, or 
wilderness, west of the Jordan and Dead Sea. east of Jerusalem and Hebron. From 
Jerusalem in a Btraight line to the Mediterranean Sea about thirty miles; from Jeru- 
salem to the north end of the Dead Sea, the mouth of the Jordan, about twenty miles. 
"There are few regions in the world more desolate, more God-forsaken, more closed 
: life, than the stony slope which forms the western border of the Dead Sea." — 

Tiie Temple. The temple was built by Solomon about 1000 years B. C. ; rebuilt by 

vs about 500 D. C; repaired, enlarged, and greatly beautified by Herod a few 

Christ. The Great Sanhedrim, the Lesser Sanhedrim, and the Beneh of 

Three Members, met within the temple inclosure. There was also a synagogue there. 

C irist, when in Jerusalem at twelve years of age, was in one of these schools, in one 

of t lie learned councils, or in the synagogue. 

Pinnacle. The pinnacle of the temple, Matt, iv, 5, is the pinnacle of the 77/ 
court, not of the JVaos, house. But neither the house nor the courts had any pinna- 
cles. Pterugion is, properly, (i little icing, winglet. (Sept. for Kanapii. Num. 
xv, 38; 1 Sam. xxiv, 5.) But in Isaiah we have "The four corners (marg. -wings, 
Kanaph) of the earth." Isa. xi, 12; xxiv. 16. '"'From the uttermost part (marg. 
wing, Kanaph. pterua, pterugion) of the earth.' "The four corners (wings, Kanaph, 
pterugion, quarters) of the land,' or 'earth.' Ezekiel vii, 2. The wings are on the 
side of the body, and hence, as we have seen, they denote the sides or quarters, east, 
west, north, and south, of the earth. Hence certainly we are to read: 'Then the 
devil taketh him into the Holy City, and setteth him on the side of the sanctuary, and 
saith unto him, Cast thyself down.' By 'taketh Mm,' not ' taketh him up,' 1 un- 
derstand that he induced him to go thither, and as he passed along the substructures, 
outside of the outer court, he tempted him to cast himself down.'"— T. O- I'aine. 
The present wall at the southeast corner of the city is seventy-six feet high. The Val- 
ley of Kidron is at this point about one hundred and thirty feet deep. This pinnacle 
is thought by some to have been the ''summit of the royal gallery, built by Herod over 
the brink of the Valley of Kidron, with a dizzy height from summit to bottom of seven 
hundred feet." —Dr. Whedon. " Perhaps in any case it means the battlement ordered 
by law to be added to every voof."—l J hillott. "Cast thyself down," possibly into the 
crowded inner court, where the multitude might see and applaud and acknowl 
him. 

*' Exceeding high mountain." Matt, iv, 8. Possibly Mount Quarantania, west 
of the Jordan, overlooking Jericho. Now called Jebel Kuruntal. "An almost per- 
pendicular wall of rock, twelve or fifteen hundred feet above the plain, and is crowned 
with a chapel on its highest point. The tradition which makes this mountain the 
place of our Lord's temptation, as well as the name Quarantania. appears not to be 
older than the age of the Crusades."— J?/*. Mobinson. s Physical Geography qftlie 
Holy Land. 

Explanations: Christ was tempted through forty days. The three temptations 
recorded are the final open assaults. Probably all before this had been mental. In 
what form did the devil come ? As " an angel of light?" 2 Cor. xi, 14. As a man? 
Jesus did not seem to recognize him as the devil at first, and does not address him as 
such until the last temptation. Did the devil appear as one of the scribes or priests— 
as such having access to the temple ? How did Jesus go to the holy city ? In vision ? 
By miraculous flight through the air? "It is quite possible that Jesus had at the 
time gone for a day to Jerusalem, and that this circumstance may have formed the 
external basis for this temptation." — Lange. He may have accompanied the stranger 
(devil) thither at his request. How could the devil show Christ " all the kingdoms of 
the world ? " " The verb to show does not always signify to exhibit to the sight ; but 
also to describe and make known in any mode."— Watson. 

Lessons: 1. There is an artful spirit of evil in this world, and none are free from 
its assaults. Adam, Job, even Jesus, assailed. 2. After great visitations of grace, 
look for sore temptations. Jesus at the Jordan— then in the wilderness. 3. Satan 
takes advantage of all circumstances that favor his plotting against us. 4. Though 
defeated once, he does not hesitate to renew the assault. 5. solitude is no security 
against Satanic assault. The crowded city, the social circle, not the only perilous 
places to the soul. C. He was tempted, " (i, to work a miracle for himself; b, to work 
upon the people through outward display; c, to attain earthly dominion." — Van 
OosU /.<-. Observe, here, that the first of these three temptations was to dishonor 
Cod by impatience, distrust, and self-will— the lure being sensual gratification; the 
second was to displease him by a presumptuous appeal to his faithfulness and power— 
the lure being vanity and love of admiration ; the third was to renounce ami defy him 
by worshiping another— the lure being ambition and cupidity."—//. ( '. Fish. 7. The 
temptation of Jesus necessary to his perfection as our Saviour, lieb. ii, 10, 18; iv, \o. 

On the temptation of Jesus on the mountain, see Longer . vol. i, pp. 

190-193. Bee w/tedon. Westcott's ** Introduction to the Study of th 
pageSlG. On Quarantania, see Robinson's " Physical Geography," page 49, 



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LESSON VIII. 

SATAN RESISTED. 

I. Golden Text: Heb. iv, 15,16. II. Home Reading: .!/ 

. Luke iv, 1-15. Wednesday, Matt, xili, 1-4, 
\vj. 1 Cor. x, 1-13. Friday, 2 Cor. xii, 1-10. Saturday, 

: -a//t, Hex. xx. 

III. Lesson Hymn. S. M. 



I want a sober mind, 

renouncing will, 
Tint tramples down, and casts behind, 
The baits of pleasing ill: 



A soul inured to pnin, 
To hardship, grief, and loss : 

Bold to take up, firm to sustain, 
The consecrated cross. 



IV. The Lesson: Matt, iv, 3-11. 

1. Review the facts of the previous lesson. 

Examine each verse of this lesson, inquiring, What does it teach? 
Draw a map giving the relative situation of the Jordan, Jerusalem, 
and Mount Quarantania. 

Questions: (1.) How does Satan tempt us now? (2.) By what 
mcana did Jeans conquer? (3.) May we employ the same ? (4.) What 
do we learn from the fact that angels ministered unto him? 
5. Eecite and draw lessons from the Golden Text. 

V. Condensed Notes. 

1. Satan was conquered, a) completely; o) finally: Sunder circumstances the 
most favoral.de to himself: (Jesus was wearied, hungered, in the wilderness with the 
wild beasts:) d) conquered by the "sword of the Spirit;" e) the victory of the true 
believer in Christ thereby insured ;/) the blessed ministry of angels thereby secured. 
2. The devil resisted, angels came." As the enemy gives way and retreats, the reserve 
forces of the conquering army come forward with rejoicing. 3. The habitants of 
heaven have an interest in the affairs of earth. Angels rejoice over repentant sinners 
and over victorious saints. 4. Christ is our great and glorious conqueror. " He went 
into the wilderness and made it a paradise. The serpent in this paradise assaults 
him, but cannot hurt him : the wild beasts sink peacefully under his majesty, and the 
angels of heaven surround and serve him." — Lange, 5. The sinless Jesus. No power 
in the universe could disturb for even a moment the citadel of his integrity. 6. What 
a tribute to the divine authority of the Old Testament Scripture is Christ's il It is 
written '. " 

Lessons: 1. Meet the tempter with God's word: "the sword of the Spirit." "The 
Word of God our armory." 2. Have the word of God in your memory and on your 
tongue's end. 3. Keep close to the Conqueror all the time. If in your sin and sor- 
row you want sympathy, go to Jesus. His tears mean more and heal more than all 
the human tears that could fall upon you. 4. The bread of obedience better than 
bodily food. 5. Never presume upon the word of God. God's promises become 
inly when we walk in the way of the promises. 6. Obey God rather than gain 
the kingdoms of the world. " Those who educate children to think this world's glory 
the chief thing, do the devil's office."— Alford. 7. Seeing that we are thus assailed 
by an artful, aide, active antagonist, let us seek the preserving aid of Christ. 8. Lift 
up the daily prayer: Lead us not into temptation. Deliver as from evil." 

The angels came. " How sweet to the believer is the reflection, that, though he 

Lnger to the world of spirits, still the world of spirits is not a stranger to 

him." " u. " The* heathen philosophers and poets were agreed as 

to t! superior to man, as is shown by St Cyprian in 

on the vanity of idols; from the testimonies of Plato, Socrates, Trisn 

rheywere acknowledged under different appellations: the Greeks calling 

tin-in 'demons,' and the Romans 'genii,' or lares. Epicurus seems to have been the. 

Duly one among the old philosophers who absolutely rejected them."— Watson. 



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LESSOR IX. 
THE TRANSFIGURED CHRIST WITH THE SAINTS. 

I. Golden Texts: Luke ix, 30, 31 ; Rom. iii, 21. II. Home Read- 
ing: Monday, Exod. xix, 7-13. Tuesday. Exod. xix, 16-25. Wednes- 
day, Deut. xxxiv. Thursday, 1 Kings xvii, 1-16. Friday, 1 Kings 
xvii', 17-24. Saturday, 2 Kings ii, 1-11. Sahbatli, Matt, xvii, 1-13. 

III. Lesson Hymn. C. M. 



Jehovah. God the Son, reveal 
The brightness of thy face j 

And all thy pardoned people fill 
With plentitude of grace. 



Shine forth with all the Deity, 
Which dwells in thee alone: 

And lift us up thy face to see, 
On thy eternal throne. 



IV. The Lesson : Matthew xvii, 1-3 ; Mark ix, 2-4 ; Luke ix, 

28-31. 

1. Write down in your blank books (all senior scholars should have 
thern) the following 'topics, and see what each Evangelist says about 
them : 

1. The company of pilgrims. 

2. The mountain. 

3. The ohject of the ascent. 

4. The transfiguration. 

5. The celestial visitants. 

6. Their appearance. 

7. Their conversation. 

8. The sleeping disciples. 
3. The waking disciples. 

2. Let one of the scholars give a brief account of Moses, another ot 
Elias. 

i 3. Questions usually discussed at great length : ("Do not spend much 
time upon them,] On"what mountain was tins? Were Moses and Elias 
present in the bodies they are to wear after the resurrection ? How did 
the disciples recognize them? 

4. Erom the great glory of Christ in his transfiguration, the appear- 
ance " in glory " of Moses and Elias, and the subject of conversation be- 
tween tliem and Christ, what lessons do you draw? 

5. Recite and draw instructions from the Golden Text. 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Time of the transfiguration. About May, A. P. 28. "After six days*' Matt. 
" \bout an eight davs " Luke. No contradiction. Matthew speaks ex 
eight days" is a Jewish expression for " a week." V\ e would say, in our v. 
m* of six da week.*' "After"— what? "After; 

What sayii. rses 18-27.) This was probably about the beginnm. 

last, year on A . , , , . . 

The "high mountain." Tabor and Hermon are the prominent, rival claimants 
for the honor The argument based upon Christ's movements, imm re and 

after the transfiguration, does not aftect either position. The one 
raent against Tabor is Die fact that Eusebius.who died ab 
• in to the tradition, altho :ribes the mountain 

iment history. Tabor (.now Jebel et Tur) is an isolated, conical, symroi I 
beautiful mountain, 1,300 feet high from its base, ami 1,865 above the sea to 
small Greek chapel stands on the summit. Mount Hermon (now _ Jebel esh-feneikn) 
is the culminating point of the Anti-Lebanon range. Called in Scripture 
.v, 4^; Shmir and Sirion, Pout, iii, 8, 9. It is a grand mountain, over 10,000 feet in 



First ¥bar w im Jes 15 

, tin- hills of Galilee, just behind us, the snow cr< 
in the sunlight :ilhv rht green of Tabor. He adds: 

;,• of Tabor, and the two thus stood forth side by 
I, dotted all over w trast- 

• > of the former. Somewhere near tl I poet 

laimed. 'Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.' 
. mntain features of Galilee." Peter calls the Mount 
holy mount." 2 Peter i, IS. Hermon was also called Sion. 
inl mountain: " It was most likely one ol 
lering on the Lake Gennesareth." "Transfigured. Gh 
i. transformed, changed. See u>;e of the word in Rom. xii, 2; 2 C^v. , 
'« Decease," literally. Exodus, that is, departure. "Exceeding white." /. i 
quo! i he white color was what the Romans called candorem, and 

rand so de< d splendidly — Garments of sue 

: kings anion- the Jews, and by the highest i mong 

»ng the Romans the glittering white upon their garments 

. to the highest luster by art, and the Jews had been Long in the habit of 

is to imitate it. we can understand the phrase, 'That no fuller on earth 

could bo whiten them : ' " Christ's raiment outshone the most brilliant and glittering 

Moses* (Hebrew: "Drawn out.") The Jewish lawgiver. Where did he die? At 
what age? How buried? Deut. xxxiv, 5-7. Once himself transfigured. Exod. 
xxxii 
Llias. i Hebrew: Elijah—" My Cod is Jehovah.") See 1 Kings xvii, 1. "The grand- 
romantic character that Israel ever produced."— Stanley. As 
1 "the Law," so did Elijah represent " the Prophets." Nothing 
- birth, parentage, or childhood. He lived about 900 B. C. For ac- 
I from the world see 2 Kh 
The glorified three, a) convened amid the mountain solitudes; b) in the place 
to which one of them came for prayer; c) representing respectively the "Law." the 
■ bets." and the "Gospel:" a) uniting their testimony in favor of the Gospel; 
ivereing about the central theme of the Gospel; /) representing the glory of the 
heavenly world ; </) revealing the interest felt by the heavenly world in our own. 
Lessons: 1. How great the present glory of our Messiah ! "O Saviour, if thou 
I >us on the mountain, what must thou be now in heaven?" 2. The two 
bound together on the Mount of Transfiguration. We may imagine the 
We have one divine revelation already; Jesus gives a new 
one : we have now the old and the new ; which shall we drop ? " Moses (representing 
the Law) and Elijah (representing the Prophets) appear on the mountain with Jesus. 
strong cords, the pages of the old and the pages of the new are brought 
tier. Then God's voice, out of the cloud, binds the old firmly to the new. 
3. How important the decease of Jesus! We should have expected Moses, Elias, 
and Jesus to converse on some other subject. But they understood the importance of 
tins theme. On Tabor, see Robinson's " Physical Geography," pp. 23-26. See also 
Westcotts "Introduction to the Study of the Gospels,"" page 318. 



LESSOR X. 
THE TRANSFIGURED CHRIST WITH THE DISCIPLES. 



I. Golden Text : Luke ix, 35. II. Home Reading : Monday, Exod. 
xxxiii, 12-23. Tuesday, Exod. xxxiv, 1-9. Wednesday, Exod. xxxiv, 
•". Thursday, Exod. xl, 30-38. Friday, Mark ix, 1-10. Saturday, 
Luke ix, 28-36. Sabbath, 2 Peter i, 16-21. 



III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



Lo ! on the trembling verqre of light 

ill divinely bright ! 
Immortal, infinite, subh 
Older than ■. or time ! 

Hail, thou, the Gentiles' mighty Lord ! 



To Abraham sworn in ages past, 
And to his seed while earth shail last. 

To thee the Prophets witness bare ; 
Of thee the Father doth declare, 
That all who would his glory see, 



All hail, Kingadored! I Must hear and must believe in thee. 



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IV. The Lesson : Matthew xvii, 4-8 ; Mark ix, 5-8 ; Luke ix, 

32-36. 

1. Eecall the nine topics of the preceding lesson. 

2. Let one of the scholars give a connected narration of the transfig- 
uration, and when he is through allow each scholar to otter corrections 
or additions. 

8. Write out, in addition to the nine topics of the last lesson, the fol- 
lowing, (comparing the accounts of the Evangelists:) 

10. The proposal of Peter. 

11. The reasons for it. 

12. The overshadowing cloud. 

13. The voice. 

14. The terrified disciples. 

15. The Saviour's touch. 

16. "Jesus only." 

4. What lessons do you draw from these topics ? 

5. What does the Golden Text teach us ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Peter. (Greek, Tlerpoc, "a rock.") Called Simon Bar- (or son of) Jona, Matt. 
xvi, 17, and Cephas, John i, 42. Had a brother Andrew ; lived in Bethsaida, and aft- 
erward at Capernaum ; was married. See Luke iv, 31, 38. Was affectionate, impul- 
sive, zealous, rash, self-confident. "He became wary, sagacious., firm, and prudent.'' 

James. ('laKufioc, Jacob.) Son of Zebedee and Salome. Mark xv, 40; Matt, 
xxvii, 56. "In the unchangeable East, St. James is still St. Jacob." For New Testa- 
ment outline of his life see Mark i, 19, 20 ; iii, 14, 17. (Why did Jesus call James and 
John Boanerges, that is, "sons of thunder?" Does the incident recorded in Luke 
ix, 54 justify the title ?) Acts i, 13. He was killed in the year 44. How ? and by whom ? 
Acts xii, 2. He was the first of the apostolic martyrs. There are at least two other 
of the same name referred to in the New Testament, Mark xv, 40; Matt, xiii, 55. 

John. Brother of James. Matt, iv, 21 ; x, 2 ; John xiii, 23. Peter, James, and John 
frequently selected for special purposes. Mark v, 37; ix, 2; xiii, 3; xiv, 33. John saw 
Christ in his glorified body. Rev. i, 13-1(5. 

Zebedee. (Hebrew, "Jehovah's gift.") His trade. Matt, iv, 21. " An ecclesiasti- 
cal tradition of uncertain date places the residence of Zebedee and the birth of St. 
James at Japhia, now Yafa, near Nazareth." Was Zebedee probably a servant or a 
proprietor? Mark i, 20. 

"Tabernacles," tents, booths. Peter would detain Moses and Klias on the 
mountain, and have Jesus retain his glorified appearance. Three instead of si.r tab- 
ernacles. Peter was willing that he, James, and John should be merely servants of 
Jesus, Moses, and Elias. " A bright cloud." Matt, xvii, 5. How did it differ from 
the cloud on Mount Sinai? Exod. xx, 18, 21. "What is thereby signified? 

The honored three, a) Brought to the mount of blessing by the grace of their 
Leader; b) so ignorant of his high and holy relations and mission that, though he 
prays, they sleep ; c) so unacquainted with supernatural realities, that while glorified 
saints converse with Jesus, they bill, terror-stricken, to the earth ; d) so ignorant of 
their Master's Divinity, that they give him no pre-eminence over Moses and Klias, 
(three tabernacles;) e) so forgetful of the practical aims of their Gospel, that they 
would fain remain permanently in the tabernacle with the sacred three ; /) assured 
of their Master's Divinity by the overshadowing cloud and the Father's voice ; g) most 
blessed and honored of all in that, when the prophets, the cloud, and voice had 
passed, they saw "Jesus only." 

Lessons : 1. Peter was at that time a very fair representative of some of the mod- 
ern spiritualists, who are awakened to a realization of religious truth by what they 
deem celestial phenomena, but do not so highly appreciate the Lord Jesus. He could 
watch and serve Moses and Elias and Jesus in his glory, but could sleep quietly enough 
witli "Jesus onlv" on the mountain. 2. Christianity points from the finite teacher 
to the Infinite. Instead of dwelling with Moses and Elias, or receiving communica- 
tions from them, it hears G-od's voice, saying, " This is my beloved son, hear lum." 
Did Moses and Elias come back that Christ mizht be exalted above them in the, sight 
of the disciples ? 3. Jesus only abides. The cloud, the voice, the glory, the visitants 
pass away. 4. Pray much in secret. 5. Be much with Jesus, and share his glory. 
6. Do noLalwavs covet the mountain of transfiguration, the closet of retirement, and 
the ecstasies of the religious life. There may be some poor sufferer at the foot of the 
mountain awaiting our descent and craving our help. See Matt, xvii, 14-21. 



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LESSON XL 

JESUS IN GETHSEMAHE. 

I. Golden Text: Luke xxii, 11,42. II. Home Reading: Mo 
Gen. xxii, 1-14. Gen. xxxii, 21-30. Wednesday, 

xviii, I aim lv, 1-11. Friday , Matt, xxvi, 86-46. 

Mark xiw bbath, Luke xxii, 30-46. 

III. Lesson Hymn. C. M. 



Goto the garden, sinner; see 

precious drops that flow; 
The heavy load He bore for thee; 

For thee He lies BO low. 



Then learn of Him the cross to bear ; 

Thy Father's will obey; 
And when temptations press thee near, 

Awake to watch and pray. 



IV. The Lesson: Matt, xxvi, 36-45; Mark xiv, 32-42; Luke 
xxii, 39-46 ; John xviii, 1. 

1. Examine the words of the prayers Jesus offered in Gethsemane. 

2. Examine the terms by which his sufferings are described. 

3. Examine every word in his conversation with or remarks to his 
disciples. 

4. From all these what do you learn ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Brook Cedron. John xviii, 1. The word translated "brook," here means a win 

rrent, a brook flowing only in very rainy weather. Kidron, or Jehoshaphat, is a, 

on the north and east of Jerusalem. North of the city, it is 200 rods dis 

taut from the walls, but on the east it is close to the city, and deepens as it passes 

south. At St. Stephen's gate, the bottom of the valley is one hundred feet below the 

of the walls. This is near Gethsemane. Below the southeast corner of the city 

Kidron joins the deep valley of Hinnom, which comes in from the west. The valley 

is now. as formerly, a place of graves. 2 Kings xxiii, 6. There is rarely any water in 

Kidron, though Dr. Barclay thinks there may be a stream running "in a subterranean 

• ••]." 

Gethsemane. "A place," Matt, xxvi, 36; "A garden," John xviii, 1, ''called 

Over the brook Cedron," John xviii, 1. At "the Mount of Olives." 

-mane means " oil-press." A little garden forty by fifty yards in extent, on the 

of Kidron valley, about eight hundred feet from the St. Stephen's gate, 

the sacred Gethsemane. It is surrounded by a high stone wall, and is 

■t small gateway on ihe eastern side. It contains eight old olive ti 

cannot be as old as the times of Christ. Perhaps "were planted by Christian 

hands to mark the spot," or they "may have reproduced themselves." Dr. v. 

vs. "I am inclined to place the garden in the secluded vale several hun- 
the northeast of the present Gethsemane." 
Jesus in Gethsemane. "Late on Thursday evening, March 17, A. D. 29."— Dr. 

"Began to be sorrowful." Collect terms expressive of Christ's grief in Geth- 
..'. .Matt, x? [ark xiv, 33; Luke xii, 50 ; xxii, 44; Mark xiv, 35. I 

his prayer. Matt, xxvi, 39, 42, 44; Mark xiv, 35-37; Luke xxii, 42,44. 
"Thin cup." What was this cup? Poison was often administered to criminals in a 
cup. E v drinking a cup of hemlock. The suffering, of death was the 

te say that Jesus feared he might die then and 

. in Gethsem il was necessary for him to die on the cross, in order to 

m the world, he prayed that he might not die until that time. Sweat "great 

- .literally, clots) of blood, falling down to the ground." Luke xxii, 44. " Per- 

ground, mingled with blood, (exuded from the 

Not ft/l like, but was like drops of blood, that is, col- 

■ vith blood. " — Afford. " Of this malady, known in medical science by the term 

ilia pt de*i8, there have been examples recorded both in ancient and modern times." 

nith. 

The grief of (Gethsemane. a) Not occasioned by any sin in the Sufferer, 1 Pet. 

ii, 22: b) nor by Id- dread of death, Luke xii, 4; c) it was of the nature of temptation. 

John ;! ; Luke xxii, 53; d) caused by our sin and his compassion, Isaiah 

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liii, 4; 2 Cor. v. 21; Heb. 11,10; iv. 15; l Peter Hi, 18; e) a mystery— for how could 
. being Divine, Buffer : /) a fact, for he was <lh Ine. (John i, U and he dfc? suffer 
Matt. xxvi, 38 ; g) the forerunner of a great triumph. After the agony came tin 
tory. Jesus went forth from Gethsemane and conquered Judas and the "great mul- 
titude," Caiaphas, the Sanhedrim, Pilate, Herod, the guilty Peter, the temple >\ 
the cross, and the Bepulcher. 

For an account of fcethsenui .< Dan J-> B Dr. Newman, 

page 118. On the agony of the garden, see "Christ and his Salvalioii," by Dr. 
bushnell, page 22-3. ±^lttc/ier , a Works, vol. iv, page 260. 



LESSOR XII. 
GOING FORTH FROM GETHSEMANE. 

I. Golden Text : Isa. lxiii, 1. II. Home Reading : Monday', Dan. 
iii, 1-12. Tuesday, Dan. iii, 13-18. Wednesday, Dan. iii, 19-30. 
Thursday, Matt, xxvi, 47-56. Friday, Mark xiv, 43-50. Saturday, 
Luke xxii, 47-53. Sabbath, John xviii, 2-12. 

III. Lesson Hymn. 7th P. M. 



Saviour, when, in dust, to thee 
Low we bow the' adoring knee,— 
"When, repentant, to the skies 
Scarce we lift our streaming eyes,— 



0, by nil thy pain and woe 
Suffered once for man below. 
Bending from thy throne on high, 
Hear us when to thee we cry. 



IV. The Lesson: Matt, xxvi, 47-56 ; Mark xiv, 43-50 ; Luke 
xxii. 47-53; John xviii, 1-11. 

1. Let a scholar draw a map comprising Jerusalem, the temple, the 
valley of Kidron or Cedron, and the Mount of Olives. 

2. Let a scholar give in writing a brief account of Judas. 

3. Why did Judas betray Jesus ? 

4. Yv^ho composed the company that came to arrest Jesus ? 

5. Let some one give an account of Malchus' wound and healing. 

6. How do you explain Peter's heroism in the Kidron, (John 
xviii, 10,) and his cowardice at the high priest's house just after? John 
xviii, 17. 

7. What do you learn from the Golden Text ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Judas. Son of Simon. John vi, 71. Iscariot. Matt. x. 4. Several interpretations 
sriven to his name. He is called Iscariot from Kerioth, a town in Judah, (Josh, xv, 35,) 
or with the Hebrew Ish, (a man.) the man of Kerioth, The term is derived by Light- 
foot from a Hebrew word signifying "apron."- Judas carried the bag, which w 
or part of, the apron. Origen derives it from another word signifying M strangling" 
He was a covetous and dishonest man. John xii, 4-fi. Was, however, chosen among 
the Apostles. Matt, x, 4. Christ knew from the beginning his character. John vi, fd. 
He spoke of him as " a devil.'' John vi, 70. Into him Satan entered. Luke xxii.;]. 
Why was such a man chosen to be an Apostle ? In John xiii, 29 we learn that he w as 
treasurer of the little company. He betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. Matt. 
xxvi, 14-10. Various motives sought for this act. Avarice, vindictiveness at tl 
proof received from Jesus, (John xii, 5-8 ;) disappointment because Christ's kingdom 
was not to be one of world lv glory and wealth. •'Crime is for the most part the result 
of a hundred motives rushing with bewildering fury through the mind of the crimi- 
nal." — Plwm'ptre. Examine the accounts of Judas's penitence and suicide. Matt, 
xxvii. 3-10; Acts i, 18, 19. 

Multitude. For the composition of ihis crowd sec Matt, xxvi, 47: John xviii, 3; 
Luke xxii, 50,52. 






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servant of the Ili^h Priest. Malcbus. 

Matt. \\\ i. I. ; Lu" 

name. 



; Luke NMi, 50i 51. Jo-hii, who 



1 

1 the ... 
"Suffer vo (hut* far." Luk One of three meanings : l. To the disciples : 

», " Do not resist." 2. To the officers; and Bifcuiflea " l><> Dot retaliate. 
q guard, " Let my arm be free for a moment, thai I may beal him." 
Historic outlinr. a) The motle3 crowd; A) the kiss; c) the question, Luke xxii. 
le conversation ; 1 I the jtricken crowd, John xviii, I -a ; /) the Bword and 
mlting; g) tlie smiter reproved; h) the Bmitten restored; Othe surrender, Ju- 
das, o) avaricious ; b) shameless; p)deceitful| rf)bold; <■) Illustrating the terrible 
roving that the holiest companionships are not in themselves a guar- 
isi ruin; g) nor the most faithful preaching sufficient to deter the Belflsh 
man from his besetting sins. [Read what Judas had heard Christ declare: Matt, vi, 
Mark \. 25; John vi, 70; ."Mark xi, 20-24, etc.] Peter, a soldier, 
brave enough at first, Matt, xxvi, 33, 35; on guard, asleep, v, 40; in peril, a deserter, 
: in temptation, a traitor and perjurer. Yet he was sincere at the outset. And 
not altogether cowardly. Luke xxii, 50; John xviii, 10. lie expected a divine demon- 
stration: looked for the "twelve legions," perhaps. Matt, xxvi, 58. Could fight for 
a miracle-worker, but could not endure with a sufferer. Here was his trouble— he 
slept instead of praying before the danger came. Christ prayed, watched, agonized, 
conquered. 
Lessons: 1. Much prayer does not release from conflict and sorrow, but gives 
-tli and peace. Jesus goes from prayer in Jerusalem to prayer in G-ethsemane, 
vet he Buffered. 2. Who would like to have been the angel who strengthened him ? 
Then read thoughtfully Matt, xx v, 34-36. 3. " Wouldst thou know what Satan can do 
and (iod can suffer? what the basest of mankind can commit and the best of mankind 
can bear? Heboid the iips of Judas, who kisses, and the cheek of Jesus, who receives 
the kiss ! " 4. Beware of sins that may lead to such a doom as that of Judas. 5. Do 
we not hear the solemn truths that Judas heard, and yet remain as unmoved as he? 
6. Covetousness and its consequences not limited to persons of great wealth. 7. Use 
the sword of the Spirit rather than Peter's sword. "When our carnal zeal smites 
wrongly, the injury is done to the ear which should hear the word of Grod." — Osiander. 
S. '" Christ's kingdom needs no sword: suffering and praying are the best weapons." 
9. " There is so much hypocrisy in many, and so much corruption in all, that we must 
not be too confident."— Burkitt. 



LESSOR XIIL 
JESUS BEFORE ANNAS. 



I. Golden Text: Luke xxii, 62. II. Home Reading : Monday, Isa. 
liii, 1-7. Tuesday, Isa. liii, 8-12. Wednesday, Ezek. ii. Thursday, Matt. 
xxvi, 30-35. Friday, Matt, xxvi, 69-75. Saturday, Mark xiv, 66-72. 
Xaboath, John xxi, 7-22. 



III. Lesson Hymn. 



12th P. M. 



Jesus, let thy pitying eye 
Cail back a wandering sheep; 

False to thee, like Peter, I 
Would fain, like Peter, weep. 



Let me be by grace restored ; 

On me be all long-suffering shown ; 
Turn, and look upon me. Lord, 

And break my heart of stone. 



IV. The Lesson: John xviii, 12-14, 18-23, 25-27 ; Luke 
xxii, 61, 62. 

1. Recall the incidents of the previous lesson. 

2. Where were the disciples of Jesus now ? 

3. Who was Annas 3 

4. Where did he then live ? 

5. Trace on a map the route from Gethsemane to the probable site of 
the house of Annas. 

C. Read each verse and draw lessons. 



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V. Condensed Notes. 

Band of Roman soldiers, five hundred of whom were regularly stationed in the 
tower of Antonia for the preservation off., 

Officers. There were guards of Levitea stationed about the temple. Perhaps these 
were sent by the Sanhedrim, Matt, xxvi, 47. with the Roman - Jesus. 

" In Judea there was an inferior native or Jewish government, under the dominion 
of the Roman government. It was by the Jewish authority, or at least at their prose- 
cution, that our Lord is now arrested and taken before the high priest to answer for 
offense against the Jewish law."— Dr. 

Annas. Luke iii,2: or Ananas. Son of one Seth. Father-in-law of Joseph Caia- 
phas. John xviii, 13. Both Annas and Caiaphas are spoken of as high priests. Annas 
had formerly been the high priest, and may have retained only the title. Perhaps 
Caiaphas was actual high priest, and Annas president of the Sanhedrim. Or Annas 
may have held an office which was substitutionary for that of the high priest. t4 The 
narrative evidently rests upon some arrangement with regard to the high priesthood 
now unknown to us."— Fi tedlieb, quoted by Aljbrd. Annas at this time was very old. 

"That other disciple," and " another disciple." John xviii. 15. 16L Arch- 
bishop Whately thinks it was Judas. It is generally conceded, however, that John 
writes of himself. Where were the other disciples? Matt, xx . : 

"Her that kept the door." "It was not unexampled to have female porters 
among the Jews."— Afford. See Acts xii, 13. 

Jesus was bound and led to Annas. The route of the party lay across Kidron, up 
to St. Stephen's gate, or a gate further south, then perhaps through the temple court 
over the Tyropean bridge to Mt. Zion, on some part of which stood the high priest's 
palace. The Tyropean valley was between Mt. Zion and Mt. Moriah, (the temple 
mount.) Across this valley was a bridge. It is now broken down. 

Palace of the High Priest. Situated perhaps near where the tradition locates 
it, on Mount Zion. outside of the present walls, and south of the city. Annas'and Cai- 
aphas probably resided in the same palace. The site of the traditional palace is now 
in the hands of the Armenians, who have there a fine convent. It stands between the 
ccenaclum, where is the reputed tomb of David, and the Zion pate. Dr. Barclay lo- 
cates this palace " on the northeastern slope of Zion. As thus situated on a declivity, 
a story below the chief suite of rooms was very natural, and indeed almost unavoida- 
ble, and this circumstance enables us better to understand the expression, Mark 
xiv. 66, ' Peter was beneath in the palace.' " 

Time. Christ was brousht before Annas about "midnisht, introducing Friday, 
March 18, A. D. 29."— Dr. Strong. 

Outline of events. 1. Jesus bound. 2. Led away to Annas. 3. Followed by two 
disciples. 4. Questioned by the high priest. 5. Smitten by the officer. 6. Denied by 
Peter. 7. Led unto Caiaphas. Matt. xxvi. 57. B. Examined before the council. Matt, 
xxvii. 1. 9. Maltreated. Matt. xxvi. 67, 68; Mark xiv. 65; Luke xxii. 63-'>5. 10. Led 
to Pilate. John xviii, 28. 11. Examined by Pilate. 12. Sent to Herod. Luke xxiii. >-,, 7. 
13. Returned to Pilate. Luke xxiii, 11. 14. Scourged. John xix, 1. 15. Mocked as 
kins: with crown and robe. 16. Delivered to be crucified. 

Lange's outline. A slightly different order is suggested by Lange: "1. Prepara- 
tory examination before Annas. 2. Night examination before Caiaphas. 3. Final 
examination before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrim on Friday morning Also a three- 
fold examination by the secular authorities : 1. By Pilate : 2. By Herod, and lastly, a 
second time, by Pilate. Between these events the following events intervened : 1. the 
mocking and buffeting on the part of the servants of the temple, between the second 
and third examinations by the secular authorities. 2. The being set at nausrht. after 
the second examination by the secular rulers, or before Herod ; the white robe. 
3. The setting at naught and buffeting after his third examination ; the scarlet robe." 

Peter's denial. Order of events. Peter's firstdenial: in the court of Annas's 
house. Second denial: " when he was gone out into the porch. Matt. xxvi. 71. 
Third denial: in the court after awhile. ''—Dr. Whedon. Neandi " Per- 

haps the leading out of Christ occasioned one of Annas's servants to put the question, 
John xviii. 25, which brought out Peter's second denial; and perhaps, also, Luke 
xxii. 61, should be joined in immediately after. In this case we should make the fore- 
court of Annas's house the scene of Peter's denials ; and might infer that, when the 
preparatory examination before Annas was forgotten, or laid aside as unimportant, 
the denial of Peter, which was preserved on account of its intrinsic importance, was 
laid in the court of Caiaphas in connection with the second examination." 

Lessons: 1. In our pride, restlessness, sensitiveness, in trial and persecution, re- 
member the calmless and self-possession of Jesus. 2. " The silence of Christ is to be 
imitated when our reputation is concerned 3. Esteem charity and gen- 

tleness and self-crucifixion for others' good, better than forms of worship and profes- 
sions of faith. The latter valuable and indispensable, but, separated from the former, 
are full of danger. 4. "Let him that standeth take heed lest he fall." Remember 
Peter's pledges and failure. 5. One sin leads to another. See Judas. From his cov- 
iness came this greater crime. See Peter. From his fear of man came desertion, 
repeated denial of his Master, profanity, and perjury. 



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LESSOR XIV, 

JESUS BEFORE CAIAPHAS. 



I. Golden Text: Matt, xxvi, 67. H. Home Reading: Monday, 
'.. xxviii. 1-12. Tuesday, Exod. xxviii, 30-38. Wednesday, Heb. 
Matt, xxvi, 57-68. Friday, Mark xiv, 53-65. Saturday, 
Luke xxii, 63-71. Sabbath, 2 Cor. iv. 

III. Lesson Hymn. S. M. 



Now let us sit and weep, 
And till our hearts with woe ; 

Pond'ring the shame and torments deep 
Which Christ did undergo. 

See. lxmnd with cruel cord, 
Christ to the scourge is given, 



And ruffians lift their hands unawed 
Against the Lord of heaven. 

To Him who so much bore, 

To gain for sinners grace, 
Be praise and glory evermore 

From the whole human race. 



IV. The Lesson: Matt, xxvi, 57, 59-68 ; Luke xxii, 65. 

1. Review the last lesson. 

•2. Select tbe persons who are introduced in this lesson. 

3. By examining the following Scripture learn concerning the Jewish 
high priest, his duties, etc. : Levit. iv, 3, (where he is called " the priest 
that is anointed ;") Exod. xxix, 29, 30 ; Exod. xxviii, 2, 29, 30, 35 ; Levit. * 
xvi, 2—4 : Num. xxxv, 25, 28. 

4. Who was Caiaphas ? See notes. 

5. "Who were the "chief priests," "elders," "scribes," and "coun- 
cil?" 

6. Select and repeat the words spoken on this occasion by the high 
priest. 

7. Also the words spoken by Jesus. 

8. Explain "I adjure thee," verse 63 ; "right hand of power, 7 ' 
verse 64; "rent his clothes," verse 65; "blasphemy," verse 65; 
"buffeted," verse 67; "prophesy," verse 68. 

9. Let an essay be prepared on The contrasts of character as illus- 
trated in Caiaphas and Christ, or, on Jesus held Ms peace, verse 63. 

10. Questions for conversation or discussion: (1.) Why did Jesus 
give to Caiaphas' question (verse 63) the answer he did? (verse 64.) 
(2.) What reasons did the council have for the hatred they manifested ? 
(See verses 67, 68.) (3.) What practical lessons may we draw from this 
incident? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Caiaphas, the son-in-law of Annas, called by Josephus Joseph Caiaphas. Per- 
haps Ca the high priest, and Annas was his vicar or deputy. What does . 
Luke say. iii, 2? Caiaphas appointed by Roman influence: Annas preferred by the 
So they compromised, and presided together, Annas being recognized as high 
while no offense was given to the Romans. 
Ilicrh priest, 9cribe§, elders, chief priests, council. See M First Year with Je- 

Third Grade, page 18. 
False witnesses. Because they well knew that true witnesses were not to be 
secured. 
Time. (For chronological outline, see previous lesson.) 

Lessons: 1. When falsely accused, be silent, verse 62. "Leave your actions to 
shame your /. ''There is scarcely any more salutary 



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exercifi Dial than to suppress that very thing which, on ground of feeling, 

we should b • ad abroad."— -4. S 

itate upon the deep humiliation endured by the Lord and Saviour. "0 dear J 
what a beginning is here of a passion! Thou there standest bound, c 

ipon, buffeted, derided by malicious L'hou art bound, who ca 

to 'loos la of death. 1 Thou art condemned, whose senten lit tlie 

world. Thou art spat upon, who art 'fairer than the sons of men.' Thou art buffeted, 
'in whose mouth was no guile.' Thou art derided, who art ' clothed with glory and 
majesty.' "—2>it>/iop Hall. 



LESSON XT. 
JESUS BEFORE PILATE. 



I. Golden Text : Mark xv, 14. II. Home Reading : Monday, Matt, 
xxvii, 1-10. Tuesday, Matt, xxvii, 11-23. Wednesday, Matt, xxvii, 
24-30. Thursday, Mark xv, 1-20. Friday, Luke xxiii, 1-25. Satur- 
day, John xviii, 28-40. Sabbath, John xix, 1-16. 



III. Lesson Hymn. 



C. M. 



For me, these pangs his soul assail ; 

For me, this death is borne ; 
My sins gave sharpness to the nail, 

And pointed every thorn. 



Let sin no more my soul enslave : 
Break, Lord, its tyrant chain ; 

save me, whom thou earnest to save, 
Nor bleed nor die in vain. 



IV. The Lesson: Mark xv, 8-15. 

1. Let a scholar recall the principal events from the arrest of Jesus 
at Gethsemane to his presentation before Pilate. 

2. Bead in order the following passages. Let a scholar or the teacher 
read the topic, and one of the class the Scripture appended : 

HISTORICAL OUTLINE. 



1. From Caiaphas to Pilate. John xviii, 28. 

2. The Accusation. Luke xxiii, 2. 

3. Pilate and Jesus: First Conversation. 

John xviii, 33-38. 

4. The Silence of Jesus. Matthew xxvii, 

12-14. 

5. The Second Accusation. Luke xxiii, 5. 
(3. The Visit to Herod; the men of war, 

the mocking, the white robe. Luke 
xxiii, 8-12. 

7. Pilate's offer to chastise and release. 

Luke xxiii, lii. 

8. Pilate's Wife : her dream and warning. 

Matt, xxvii, 19. 



9. "Not this man, but Barabbas." John 

xviii, 39, 40. 

10. The clamor of the Jews. Mark xv, 12-14. 

11. The hand-washing, and call for blood. 
Matt, xxvii, 24, 25. 

12. The soldiers, the robe, crown, reed, the 
mocking and smiting. Matthew xxvii, 
27-30. 

13. "Behold the man." John xix, 4, 5. 

14. Pilate and the Jews. John xix, 6-8. 

15. Pilate and Jesus. John xix. 9-11. 

16. Pilate's final effort. John xix, 12. 

17. "Away with him." John xix, 15. 

18. Pilate surrenders Jesus. John xix, 16. 



3. Describe Pilate's character. 

4. Why did he not release Jesus ? 

5. What are some of the evil effects in this day, of an undue anxiety 
to please men ? 

6. Let an essay be written on the Contrast between Jesus and Pilate. 



V. Condensed Notes. 

Pilate. Pontius Pilate, sixth Roman governor or procurator of Judea. Ruled ten 
years, from 24 to 35 A.D. A base, selfish, time-serving, impetuous, and obstinate man. 
Recalled to Rome for bad management. Afterward exiled by Caligula. Committed 
suicide A.D. 41. 

Barabbas. Bar (son of) Abbas. Some versions read Jesus Barahoas. Perhaps 
" the Christian tradition removed the name Jesit* out of reverence." For further in- 
formation about him read Mark xv, 7 ; Luke xxiii, 25; Acts iii, 14. 



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Hall of Judgment. ■ 16. 

. in which tli 

tonia, north of the 

which Pilate's tribunal stood, aora 

8 mhedrim, t ; 

unprincipled, time-serving Pilate; the Inflexibly 
the immoval 

nt out into the black night, bi 
i Barabbas, I 

LeMXH : 1 . I ■ am from i 

tember that the buffeting, blasphemies, smiti 
tncil chamber were caused by our sins, and endured th 

:l. Every man, woman, and child Bhould protest against 
eaped upon Christ orselves away to him in true repentance and 

" Every one of ou >rn and nail and 

:. While thou pourest down thy drunken carouses, thou givest thy Saviour 
■ poor servant-:, the I 
si on thy proud I liftest up thy vain heart with high con- 

on In'* head; while thou wringest and op] 
children, thou whippest him, and drawest blood from his hands and feet." 



LESSON" XVI. 



JESUS APPROACHING CALVARY. 

I. Golden Text: Luke xxiii, 27, 28. II. Home Reading: Monday, 
John xix, 13-18*. Tuesday. Actsiii, 12-18. Wednesday, Acts vii, 51-60. 
sday, 1 Cor. ii. Friday. Matt. xxv::. Saturday, Mark xv, 

Ibath, Luke xxiii, .24r-32. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



Ye tl: the Man— 

* I for you : 

-'tin, 
lit pursue. 

or own Barabbas sire.— 

. ^-ith him,— (they loudly cry :) 



Away with him, not fit to live,— 
The vile seducer ci 

thou dear sulTrins Son of God, 
How doth thy heart to sinners move ; 

Sprinkle on us thy precious blood, 
And melt us with thy dying love. 



IV. The Lesson: John xix, 17 ; Luke xxiii, 26-32. 

1 . Select the person* named in the 1 

- are referred to in the lesson ? 
3. V - it? 

ts connected with Christ's walk from Pilate's 
- 3 to Calvr . 
iplain u Golgotha," John xix, 17; " green tree," etc. Luke 
"malefact 
here in this lesson do we learn that the sympathy of Jesus was 
f his own sufferings ? 



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V. Poem. 

[To be read by a member of the class.] 

THE MESSIAH REJECTED. 



The dawn hath broke on Solyma, 1 

Vet in her Btreets pair ; 

pie greets the early cay, 

The voice of gladness is not there ; 
Gone forth is the accursed decree; 

Blush, sun ! and hide, each starry gem ; 
Your .Maker is condemned, and lie 

Wears now the thorny diadem. 

Did not from yonder battlement 
1 he gathered angels bend and weep, 

>» hen crushed with toil, with sorrow spent, 
Immanuel trod the painful steep ? 



"\\ as there not anguish known above ? 

Say ye, that knelt before 
when He whose every throb was love, 

By man rejected, wept alone ? 

suff'ring Saviour ! let me be 

Patient when crowding cares invade; 
Resigned when earthly b! - 

And grateful while enjoyments 
Thou wast rejected— Son of God ! 

Near to the Highest is thy seat ; 
'Tis mine to meet the stormy Hood 

Give me a place beneath thy feet. 



VI. Condensed Notes. 

*om?nnhAFjrnl*Jl>S J ? ene , ™ s a c % of ^ ibya - Ma "y Je ^ s resi <led there, and 
some ot the earK Christian teachers were Cyrenians. Acts x , 20 ; xiii, 1 Simon was 

the cftv r ThtfWn^lft m °r {.he country about, or a Jewish Cyrenian on a vis.t to 

Afv S. SiSTSS? JeWS ' *??, °- ther f01, eb^ners, were so numerous in the Holy 

th?r m« ?9 ffi i r , e o a f s TP ag0gue of - thel 1 r own - A cts 1 10 : ▼*• 9 - How came he to carry 

Mlrkxv 2lfRom xvU3. 0rS ° m advance of Jesus ? Th * names of his two sons? 

The " great company of people and of women." Who were nrobablv 
among; them? Matt, xxvii, 56] John xix, 25 ; Mark xv, 40 prooaojy 

Malefactors, two thieves." Matt, xxvii, 33. Not necessarily vile men but insur- 
2J insurrectionists, who rebelled against the Roman opp ession ^ Crucitixion 
?ebefs* ^T a rriT;?Vil CC T dmg I? g 9^e authorities,, inflicted, not on thieves but oS 
♦f™ ♦ ' m 01 ^} 1 ^ Clt ^ s auth 9 rlt y for its infliction for " voider //, piracy, deser- 
tion, treason " Of the penitent thief Denham says : " His crime possibly cons steil of 
S on e act of insubordination, and he might have been both a sincere bellve? 
and, w,th this one exception, a practical follower of Christ." What other persons 
are referred to in connection with the crucifixion? pei^ons 



LESSON XYIL 
THE CRUCIFIED ONE. 

I. Golden Text: Luke xxiii, 46. II. Home Reading-: i 

att o/?o Vli ' ™~*h Tu «*: da ^ Matt - x *™, 44-56. Wednesday, Mark 
xv 24-33 Thursday, Mark xv, 34-41. Friday, Luke xxiiif 33-43 
Saturday, Luke xxin, 44-49. Sabbath, John xix, 17-37. 

III. Lesson Hymn. x,. ]yx # 

'Tis finished ! so the Saviour said, 
And meekly bowed his dying head : 
lis finished ! yes, the race is run ; 
The battle fought; the vict'ry won. 

IV. The Lesson. 

1. Bead Matthew's account of the crucifixion 

2. Bead Mark's account of it. 

3. Bead Luke's account. 

4. Bead John's account. 

* One of the names given to Jerusalem. 



'Tis finished ! let the joyful sound 
Be heard the spacious earth around : 
lis finished ! let the echo llv Land sky. 
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read all t! 

B.1 home) five practioa] truths drawn from th 

Ixion. ! L( I read by fche Bcholars or by the 

ign his name to the written answers.] 
I.) A; \\}\:\i time of day did the crucifixion take place \ 
mis are spoken of as having ; 
Ls fearful tragedy \ (8.) VTho placed the writ- 
!. Why! (5.j Why in three languajgeal m 
5. What difficulties occur to your mind in the study of this subject ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Calvarv. How called in Matt, xxvii, 33; Mark xv, 22; John xix, 17? Ilebrew, 
, that is, skull. Latin., Calvaria, for the Creek word cranion. Does a single 

- ak of it as ;i hill or mountain? Some have thought ii 

[got! i '•■ ise it was rounded like a skull. Others, because it was a burial 

ximinals— a place of skulls. It was "nigh to the city." John xix, 20. In the 

re he was crucified there was a garden, "and in the garden a sepulcher." 

xix, 41. Sepulcher was " nigh at hand." There is difference of opinion as to the 

Calvary. Some place it where the Church of the Holy Sepulcher stands, in 

the northwestern part of the city, outside of the ancient walls. Dr. Barclay locates it 

on the hill-side overlooking and west of the Valley of the Kidron. The street leading 

from the old Governor's Palace, nearthe Temple, to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, 

is now called Via Dolorosa, or, the Way of Sorrow. # 

Time. The cork-crowing was early in the morning. "And it was early." 'As 

pas day." Luke xxii. 6(5. Jesus was brought before the Sanhedrim. How 

Matt, xxvii. 1, speak of the time at which Jesus was doomed by the council? 

sentence was pronounced about the third hour, [that is, nine o'clock A.M.] 

The 'sixth hour' of the received text is doubtless an early error in transcription for 

third."— Dr. Strong. Crucified the third hour, Mark xv,25, that is, nine o'clock A.M.. 

Darkness from the sixth hour (12 M.) until the ninth hour, (3 P.M.) 

-Order of events on the cross. 1. The taste of wine (vinegar) and myrrh, (gall.) 
Matt, xxvii, 34; Mark xv, 23. 2. The crucifixion. 3. The thieves. 4. The prayer: 
"'Father* forgive them." 5. The accusation written. 6. The garments divided. 
7. The railing and mockinsr by people, priests, and soldiers. 8. The railing malefac- 
tors. 9. The penitent thief. 10. The gazing friends. 11. The mother and son. 12. The 
three hours of darkness. 13. The loud cry. 14. The last words. John xix, 30 ; Luke 
xxiii, 4tj. 15. The bowed head I 

u Lord ! on thy cross I fix mine eye ; 

If e'er I lose its strong control, 
let that dying, piercing cry, 

Melt and reclaim my wand'ring soul." 

16. The vail of the Temple rent, the earthquake, the rocks rent, the graves opened. 

17. The confession of the Centurion and of the people. 18. The blood and water. John 
xix. 34. 

"They brake not his legs." John xix, 33. See Dr. Whedon's notes. "Pierced 

his side. . . . blood and water." "Stroud maintains that Jesus died of a bro- 

irt : and in such a case blood would escape into the region around the heart, 

and there be separated into red clot and watery fiuid ; thence it would escape through 

the wound made by the spear."— Dr. Whedon. 

"Come down from the cross," Mark xv, 30. "For this very reason we be- 
lieve, because Christ did not straightway come down from the cross, but finished there 
." — Bengel. 
Vail of the Temple rent. " As the Jews were wont to rend their garments when 
they heard blasphemy; so the Temple, not enduring the execrable blasphemies against 
: of C"d. tore its vail in pieces." — Theophylact. 
The sin of the world, a) revealed, and o) culminating in the trial and crucifix- 
ion of ( Jhrist ; c > exhibiting unparalleled malice ; d) bigotry ; e) hypocrisy ; f) irrational 
nted by bang witnesses; h) unscrupulous judges; i) time-serving 
i) brutish mobs, and /.•) cowardly disciples. 
The sufferings of Christ: a)phy8ical: "A painful and sleepless night was the 
one preceding his crucifixion. Under the Old Testament the High Priest was wont to 
the night before the day of atonement waking; so the true High Priest also." 
upon the sufferings of the Saviour on the cross, after the sleepless niprht, the 
scoui - i-'. nailing to the cross, etc., etc. ; b) mental: of all his friends none 

or aid. Then who can fathom the infinite meaning of that fearful wail, 
y God, why hast thou forsaken i 
The character of Christ: a) meekness; b) patience; c) tranquillity ; d) self-pos- 
:/) unutterable love: ff) transcendent majesty. "Jesus of 
■ th. the King of the Jews. 1. A King upon the cross. 2. Upon the cross, a Kin?." 
The Divine plan of redemption: a) out of the darkness of that first "Good 
Friday " what light burst upon the race ; b) out of this human guilt what grace divine. 
God just, and yet the justifier of him that believeth ; c) " The sublimity of the atoning 

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death of Jesus, as it appears : 1. Towering above the most fearful and terrific guilt, 
(blasphemy.) 2. Overcoming the most terrible temptation, (the igainst 

abandonment by God.) 3. Bursting through the most formidable barriei 
mg of death.) 4. Displaying boundless and eternal efficiency, (extending 

highest height of heaven, the depths of hell, the depths of the entire world, the depths 
of the human heart.") See M'Clintock and Strong's Cyclopedia: article-. 
grucijtXBion. Sermon on k4 The Last Utterance* of Christ," bv Robertson. Fifth 
Series, page 363. 

Lessons : Let us no more seek our own ease, self-aggrandizement, and glory, since 
Jesus sought our salvation through the agony of the cross. We should hate the very 
thought of sin, since we are redeemed at so great a price. Have faith in the Saviour's 
love and power. He who could and would endure all this for us is able and willing 
to receive us when we approach him in penitence. 



LESSON XYIIL 



THE BURIED CHRIST. 



I. Golden Teats : John xix, 41 ; Matt, xxvii, 66. II. Home Read- 
ing : Monday, Gen. xxiii. Tuesday, Matt, xxvii, 57-61. Wednesday, 
Matt, xxvii, 62-66. Thursday, Mark xv, 42-47. Friday, Luke xxiii, 
50-56. Saturday, John xix, 38-42. Sabbath, Eev. v. 



III. Lesson Hymn. 



C. M. 



'Tis done ! the precious ransom's paid ! 

Receive my soul ! he cries : 
See where he bows his sacred head ; 

He bows his head, and dies. 



But soon he'll break death's envious chain, 

And in full glory shine : 
Lamb of God, was ever pain, 

NVas ever love, like thine ? 



IV. The Lesson: John xix, 38-42; Matt, xxvii, 62-66. 

1, Eead the lesson. 2. Becite the Golden Text. 3. Explain the 
words myrrh, aloes, hundred pound, sepulcher, preparation day, 
sealing the stone. 4. Let a scholar prepare a paper on the " Charac- 
ter of Joseph of Arimathea." 5. What lessons do you draw from each 
verse ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Joseph of Arimathea. His character, position, and views concerning Christ ? 
Consult Matt, xxviii, 57 : Mark xv, 43 ; Luke xxiii, 50, 51 ; John xix, 38. He "waited 
for the kingdom of God." Compare Luke ii, 38. A member of the Sanhedrim. Ari- 
mathea was probably the place of his birth and not of his residence. How do you 
account for his boldness as recorded in Mark xv, 43 ? 

IVicodemus. John iii, 1,10$ vii, 50; xix, 39. True but timid. "Joseph, by this 
account, (Luke xxiii, 50,) is indirectly distinguished from Nicodemus, who is named 
indeed (Ipx^v, but not fiovTievrijc, and who, therefore, appears to have had no 
voice to raise for or against the sentence of death upon our Lord." 

Arimathea. Luke xxiii, 51. Not certainly identified. Some suppose it to be the 
same as KamleJu on the plain of Sharon, about eight miles from Joppa, and twenty- 
four northwest of Jerusalem. Others locate Arimathea at Kenthieh, a few miles north 
of Lydda, on the plain of Sharon. Dr. Robinson says : " It probably did lie somewhere 
between Lydda and Nob, now Beit Nuba, a mile northeast of Yalo. Perhaps it is not 
too much to hope, that the ancient site of Arimathea may hereafter be discovered 
somewhere in that region, which, as yet, has not been fully explored."— Bib. lies., 
vol. iii, page 142. 

Garden — Sepulcher. The garden was "in the place where he was crucified." 
John xix, 41. The sepulcher was an excavation in the rocky hill-side— a sort of cave, 
into which one entered by a low door. Such sepulchers now abound in the East. 
They are to be seen around Jerusalem. 

Linen. "Linen." John xix, 40. "Clean linen cloth." Matt, xxvii, 59. " Fino 



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tton stuff, whloh was out Into rtrips, and is elsewhere called olean linen, 
monly clothed with this Btnff. The headwai wrapped 
-uiiv, John x\, 7." -Oosti 
Bpteet. myrrh) aloes. John \i\, 89, 10. See Psalm xlv, 8. Myrrh, a perfume, 
ibulniingby the Egyptians. Aloes, "an odoriferous wood, celebrated for 
ile qualities." Hebrew word ahil. Malay name agila. ia our 

The woo,] is called < agh wood. Hoc Dr. Whedon. 
Sot* what the brutal r;i^e oi man wrought ; <<) disciples scattered, b) Jesus 
banished from the world, c) Kilter the tomb— a room, dark and silent. d)A corpse 
torn and bleedii ads that wrought works of mercy for men, now 

>ed and par.,; ; g thai had uttered promises and benedictions, now si- 

lent, ff) Eyesthal had beamed with Divine tenderness on men and children, on high 
and low, on saint and sinner, now closed and Bightless. h) Heart that had burned 
and heat with infinite yearning over mankind, broken now. 

What n type of rest is this: a)he Sleeps, b) The last struggle of agony expe- 
rienced, ei The enemy defeated, d) What stillness reigns in this rock-tomb ! e) The 
fragrance of myrrh and aloes tills the air. f) Beneath the snow-white napkin is there 
on His face the sweetness bo often worn by the saints who in Jesus sleep the last sleep 

agony and struggles, a) Friends buried him. h) His sepulcher is "in agarden. 
t > Tender women watch and wait for the time of embalming and anointing, j) Angels 
hover near, longing for a strange and blessed service. 

What issues are at stake: a) His resurrection is necessary to complete the re- 
demption he came to effect, b) If he rise not, all is lost, hope and life: guilt has no 
pardon, grief no consolation, sin no subduer. c) If he rise not, nay, if he linger long in 
mb, the earth will rend asunder and her framework dissolve. 



LESSON" XIX. 
THE RISEN CHRIST. 

I. Golden Text : 1 Cor. xv, 55-57. II. Home Reading : Monday, 

1 Kings xvii, 17-24. Tuesday, Ezek. xxxvii, 1-10. Wednesday, Matt. 
xxviii, 1-15. Thursday, Mark xvi, 1-20. Friday, Luke xxiv, 1-82. 
Saturday, Luke xxiv, 33-48. Sabbath, John xx. 

III. Lesson Hymn. 4 lines 7s. 



Vain the stone, the watch, the seal- 
Christ has burst the gates of hell ; 
Death in vain forbids his rise : 
Christ hath opened Paradise. 

Lives again our glorious King; 
W here, O death, is now thy sting? 



Once he died our souls to save ; 
Where's thy vict'ry, boasting grave ? 

Soar we now where Christ has led, 
Follow our exalted head ; 
Made like him, like him we rise ; 
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. 



IV. The Lesson: Matt. xxviii, 5-8; Mark xvi, 12, 13; John 
xx, 19-22. 

1. Let a scholar recall the facts of the las^lesson. 

ad the lesson for the day, and analyze it by asking concerning 
the persons, places, and actions mentioned. 

3. What doctrinal and practical lessons do you draw? 

4. Questions for meditation: 1. Why did Mary rejoice at seeing her 
Lord again? 2. What does the resurrection of Jesus prove ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

The :>Iarya. a) Mary, called Magdalene, from her place of residence, Magdala, 

called aiejdeU) n< m. Or the word Magdalene may refer in some 

way to her trade. Or it may indicate her fondness for dress. In the Talmudical 



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writers we read of a Miriam Megaddela— the last word meaning "platter of hair.' 
Again, Magdalene may be from the Bameword as Migdol, (which means watch-tower.) 
and have reference to her faith. What facts in her history are given in Luke viii, 2: 
Mark xv, 40, 47 ; xvi, J, 9; John xx. 1-18. She was probably not the "woman" of 
Luke \ii. 37, 38. " Never, perhaps, has a figment so utterly baseless obtained so wide 
an accept ance, as that which we connect with the name of the 'penitent Magd; 

The belief that Mary of Bethany and .Mary Magdalene are identical, is yet mure 

startling — The epithet Magdalene, whatever may lie its meaning. - n for 

the express purpose of distinguishing her from all other Marys."—/ 1 Mary 

the mother of Jesus, c) His mother's sister, Mary the wife of ('!< 

Whedon on John xix, 2">.) Compare Matt, xxvii, 56; Mark xv, 40; .John xix, 2";. 

" From a comparison of I -.it appears that Mary of Clopas, (Cle< . 

ami Mary the mother of James the Little and of .loses, are the same person, and that 

she was the sifter of St. Mary the Virjgin."— Meyrick. 

Other women. Collect the allusions to women who were present at the crucifix- 
ion, or who are named in connection with Jesus after his resurrection. 

Angel. How many angels are referred toby the Evangelists in their account of 
the resurrection and ascension? How is their appearance described ? 

Two disciples. Mark xvi, 12; Luke xxiv. 13-35. One of these was Cleopas. Luke 
xxiv, 18. Possibly a native of Emmaus. Was he identical with Cleophas? John 
xix. 2-5. Perhaps Luke himself was the disciple who accompanied Cleophas. 

Other disciples. To what other disciples is reference made in this part of the life 
of Jesus ? 

Day of Resurrection.— Dr. Strong has prepared a complete harmony of the 
events which transpired in the early morning of the resurrection day : 



A.M 



OCCURRENCES. 



Matt. Mark. Luke. John. 



H.M. 
4 00 

4 1.3 
4 BO 
4 35 
4 45 



4 50 

4 55 

4 57 

5 00 
5 05 



5 07 
5 10 

5 30, 



Earthquake and resurrection 

The women set out for the sepulcher 

They arrive ; Mary Magdalene returns 

Their interview with two angels 

Mary Magdalene reaches Peter's and John's hous£. . . 

The other women llee from the sepulcher 

Peter, John, and Mary Magdalene set out for it 

The other women meet Jesus 

The soldiers report their disaster 

John arrives at tiie sepulcher 

Peter arrives there; their observations 

They both return home 

Mary Magdalene arrives at the sepulcher 

The other women report their interview with Christ 

to the other Apostles 

Mary Magdalene sees the two angels 

She meets with Christ 

She reports to the disciples 



xxvni. 
2-4 

1 



XVI 

2,3 
4 

5-7 



9,10 
11, 15 



10,11 



1 

2 

3-8 



9-11 



11 



4.5 
G-9 
10 

11 



12. 13 

14-17 

18. 



The following chronological arrangement is taken from the " Journal of Sacred 
Literature" (English) for Julv, 1866. 

1. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, etc., etc., came very early to the sepulcher. 
Matt. xxviii,i : Mark xvi, 1, 2 ; Luke xxiv, 1. 

2. Mary Magdalene appears to have outrun the others, and to have preceded them 
at the sepulcher. John xx, 1. ... 

3. She finds the stone removed and the body taken away, and without waiting with 
the others for the message of the angel, she immediately runs back and informs Peter. 
John xx, 2. 

4. In consequence of what Peter heard from Mary Magdalene, he and John run on- 
ward to tlie sepulcher. John xx, 3-10. 

o. During her absence the angels appear to the other women, and inform them of 
the fact of the resurrection of Jesus. Matt xxviii, 5; Mark xvi, 5, 7; Luke xxi 



6. They go forth to tell the discuses : and Mary Magdalene, as before stated, return- 
ing with Peter and Jon 

xvi. 7, > v ; Luke xxiv. 9. 



;inle: 



others are' on their way. Matt, xxviii, 8 ; Mark 



7. Jesus appears first to Mary Magdalene alone, as she stood weeping near the 
sepulcher. John xx, 11-18. . 

% Jesus subsequently appears to the other women, as they are on their way to tell 
the disciples. Matt, xxviii, 9. 

Ten appearances after the resurrection. 1. John xx, 11-13. 2. Luke xxiv, 
13-31. 3 1 Cor. xv, 5. 4. Luke xxiv, 36-43. 5. John xx, 26-29. 6. John xx, 1-2 L 
7. Matt, xxviii, 16-20. 8. 1 Cor. xv, 6. 9. 1 Cor. xv, 7. 10. Luke xxiv. 50-53. 

Forty Davs." Acts i, 3. According to Dr. Strong Jesus ascended on Inurs- 
day (?), April 28, A.D. 29." „ , ... ri 

"The Preparation." Examine Matt, xxvii. 02; Mark xv,42; Luke xxm.54; 
John xix, 42. The day of preparation, because on that day all tilings were got ni 
readiness for the observance of the Paschal week. The "next day," in the Jewish 
w ay of speakinsr, that is, after the next day had commenced, or after sundown. 



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"Thai Sahhiitli-dav KM n high dnv. 
it was the Sabbath. Second, it was thedaj on which the Paschal feasl properly com- 

Kminnii.H. Mark \\i. 12; Luke wiv. 13. Some s.iy Emmaus, (Nlcopolis,) now 
fer one hundred and sixty furlongs from Jerusalem. Dr. Robinson 
linking that the text <>f Luke \\ i\. 18, may have read "one hundred 
id of "sixty" furlongs. Dr. Oosterzee identifies Emmaus with 
. an hour and a hall' west of Jerusalem, <>u Cue way to Joppa. It lias been 
•out nine miles northwest of Jerusalem, and about three miles 
wil. Dr. Thomson suggests thai it is near Kuriet el 'Enab, on the 
I. and about nine miles from Jerusalem. Dr. Pi In fact the 

tains yet to be identified." 
Rolled si great stone. Matt. xwii. 60. See "Zand of Israel" by u. B. Tristam. 
edition,) for an admirable illustration of the ancient method of 
titrance of a sepulcher. 
A grem earthquake. " He was a lamb in his death, but a lion in his resurrec- 
-/. Soc arguments in favor of miracles illustrated byresurrec 
iw on Miracles, p. ill. 
The Resurrection. 1. Attended by an earthquake ; 2. By angelic manifestations ; 
8. Occurring in the early morning— at sunrise the Sun of Etighteous^ss rises— a new 
day begins in the world's history; 4. The facts and teachings of Cnrist's earthly life 
indorsed ; 5. The divinity of his mission demonstrated ; t ; . The faith of his disciples con- 
tinued ; 7. The Old Testament prophecies fulfilled; 8. The predictions of Christ ful- 
filled: 9. Hope restored to a guilty and helpless race; 1(J. The aspirations of those 
(esire deliverance from the death of sin encouraged; 11. A pledge of our resur- 
»n given. [Concerning the resurrection of Christ, Herder remarks: '* The re- 
awakening of the dead Christ lias, humanly apprehended, something so sublimely 
touching and beautiful, that if it were a fable, as it is not, the truth of history would 
■ it. "J 
Easter. "The most glorious feast; 1. Of the most glorious joy; 2. Of the most 
us victory; 3. Of the most glorious faith ; 4. Of the most glorious hope." — $e?wnid. 
Lessons. 1. How impotent is human rage against divine truth. 2. How great the 
tower of love that will thus endure and thus conquer human hate. 3. How powerless 
i denth to torment or terrify the Christian since Jesus conquered it. 4. Accept a 
religion thus divinely indorsed. 5. Learn from the walk to Emmaus, and the evening 
repast there, how sweet it is to have fellowship with Jesus. 



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LESSOR XX. 
THE RISEN LORD IN GALILEE. 

I. Golden Text: John xxi, 17. II. Home Reading: Monday, 
1 Cor. xv, 1-11. Tuesday, 1 Cor. xv, 12-28. Wednesday, 1 Cor. xv, 
K Thursday, 1 Cor. xv, 50-58. Friday, John xxi, 1-14. Saturday, 
John xxi, 15-17. Sabbath, John xxi, 18-25. 

III. Lesson Hymn. 5th P. M. 



Hark, my soul, it is the Lord ; 
"Ks thy Saviour,— hear his word. 
. lie speaks to thee: 
Bay, poor sinner, lov'st thou me ? 



Lord, it is my chief complaint 
That my love is still so faint: 
Yet I love thee and adore ; 
for grace to love thee more ! 



IV. The Lesson.— John xxi, 13-17. 

1. Commit to memory the seven topics : 

1. Jesus in Galilee. 

2. A fishing: party on the Sea of Tiberias. 

3. A night of failure. 

4. A stranger by the sea-side. 

5. The net on the right side. 

6. Breakfast. 

7. Close questions and candid answers. 

2. Let the teacher drill the class on the facts of the lesson as thus 
topically arranged. 

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4. Let a scholar draw a map of Galilee, and give some account of 
the Sea of Tiberias. 

V. Condensed Notes. 

[For notes on the resurrection see previous lesson.] 

Jesus after the resurrection. 1. The same frank, earn Luke xxiv, 

2. The same tend) t ; "Be not afraid." Matt, xwiii, 10. "Woman, 

whyweepest thou?" John xx, 15. "Peace be to you." Luke \- . The 

same forgiving master: "Simon, lovest thou D \i. 16. 

4. A faithful promisor. Acts i, 4, 5. 5. The same great King. Matt, xxviii, U 
" The King of all kingdoms forever is lie, 
And he holdeth oui' crowns in his hands," 



LESSOR XXL 
THE ASCENDING LORD. 

I. Golden Text: Psalm xxiv, 7, 8. II. Home Reading: Monday, 
Gen. v, 21-24. Tuesday, 2 Kings iL 1-15. Wednesday, Acts vii, 
5^60. Thursday, Mark xvi, 14-20. Friday, Luke xxiv, 45-53. Sat- 
urday, Acts i, 1-12. Sabbath, Psalm xxiv. 

III. Lesson Hymn. 4 lines 7s. 



Hail the day that sees Him rise, 
Ravished from our wishful eyes ! 
Christ, awhile to mortals given, 
Reascends his native heaven. 

Him though highest heaven receives, 
Still he loves the earth he leaves; 



Though returning to his throne, 
Still he calls mankind his own. 

See, he lifts his hands above ! 
See. he shows the prints of love ! 
Hark ; his gracious lips bestow 
Blessings on his Church below. 



IV. The Lesson: Luke xxiv, 50-53 ; Acts i, 9-12. 

1. After reading the lesson let a scholar (all books closed) describe 
the event. 

2. What difficulties occur to the mind in this lesson ? 

3. Let written answers be presented to the following questions : Wliy 
did not Jesus remain longer in the body on earth ? Why were the disci- 
ples so full of joy immediately after his ascension? What does the 

Golden Text teach? 

4. Give some account of Xhz places named in the lesson. 

5. What is the one most important lesson to be drawn from this 
subject ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Bethanv. Luke xxiv, 50. "Mount called Olivet." Acts i, 12. "A Sabbath 

day's journey" from Jerusalem. There is no contradiction between the two accounts 
of Luke, which place the scene of the ascension at Bethany and on Olivet, Bast of 
Jerusalem stands Mount Olivet, a lofty and noble eminence, rising suddenly from the 
deep ravine of Kidron, and attaining a height of at least one hundred and fifty feet 
above the highest part of Jerusalem. On its eastern side Olivet descends much more 
gradually, there are, indeed, one or two eminences belonging to the mountain on 
Lde, near to one of which stands Bethany. The village may have formerly occu- 
pied a higher position than now. Whether it did or not, Jesus may have ascended 
from one'of these lower and eastern eminences, overlooking and really at Bethany, 
and yet forming a part of Mount Olivet, . . .Or the expression, " lie led them out as far 
Bethany," has been interpreted by some to mean " as far as the way leading to 
Bethanv," that is, where it parted from other pathways on the top of the mountain. 
"The ascension of Christ, the perfection: 1. Of his prophetical; 2. Of his high 
1 1 v ; 3. Of his kingly office."— Arndt. 1. The last earthly act of the Redeemer, an 



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yet completed in- w&s taken 

up. His last look a 1 >ok of lo\ ,> ; the IhsI word a \\ ord of (trace ; and now from beat en 

In- l>lt>»s-'s -ill w ho seek him. 2. The early disciple :ended Lord : they 

1 1 ir religion has its head and hop- Its author and Dnish- 

-. in the heavenly world. I. It is a religion that -a y<- Iqy to 

moment that it removed from them the visible source of all Its 

life. Lulu- wiv. 53. 5. Do not let surprise or curious speculation In matters of religion 

keep na from prayer and work. "Why htand ye?" Acts i, H. Why "gaxi 

11. 



LESSON XXII. 
THE JOURNEYS OF JESUS IN GALILEE. 

I. Golden Text : Matt iv, 23. II. Home Reading : Monday, Matt. 
ii, 19-23. Tuesday, Luke ii, 39-52. Wednesday, Matt, iv, 12-16. Thurs- 
day, Matt, iv, 23-25. Friday, Matt, xv, 21-29. Saturday, Matt, xvi, 
18-20. Sabbath, John vii, 1-9. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M 



Though now the nations sit beneath 
The darkness of o'erspreading death, 
God will arise with light divine, 
On Zion's holy towers to shine. 

That light shall shine On distant lands, 
And wand'ring tribes, in joyful bands. 



Shall come thy glory, Lord, to see, 
And in thy courts to worship thee, 

light of Zion, now arise ! 
Let the glad morning bless our eyes ; 
Ye nations, catch the kindling ray, 
And hail the splendors of the day. 



IV. Lesson. 

1. Eefer to the passages in the following outline, and select those 
which refer to the movements and miracles of Jesus in Galilee. 

2. Locate every place on the map. 

[Tor practical teachings see notes under the next lesson.] 

1. Journeys of Jesus during his youth. [On a slate or on paper draw an 
outline map. Indicate on the map the places named in the following passages.] 
Luke ii. 22. Simeon. Anna. Matt, ii, 13-15, 19-23. Herod. Wise men. Luke ii, 42, 51. 

2. Principal journevs during the first year of his active labor. Matt, 
iii, 13 ; Mark i, 9. John.* Matt, iv, 1, 5, 8, 12. Satan. Angels. John i, 28, 29, 43. 
Philip. Nathaniel. John ii, 1, 11. First miracle. John ii, 12, 13. Scourge of small 
cords. Nicodemus. John iv, 3-6, 43, 46. Samaritan woman. Nobleman's son. Luke 
iv, 16, 28-31, 33, 37, 40 ; v, 1-11. Mob at Nazareth. Miraculous draught of fishes. 
Peter. Andrew. James. John. Demoniac. Peter's wife's mother. Matt, iv, 23 ; 
viii. 2-4: ix, 2-9. Leper. Paralytic. Matthew. 

3. During the second year of active labor. John v, 1. Man at pool of Bh- 
thesda. Luke vi. 1, 12, 17; vii, 1; Mark iii, 7, 8. Plucking corn. Withered hand. 
Multitudes healed. Apostles chosen. Sermon on mount. Luke vii, 2, 11. Centu- 
rion's servant. Widow's son. Luke viii, 1-3; xi, 14. Demoniac. [Examine Matt. 
viii, lS-:34. " Peace, be still." Two demoniacs. Matt, ix, 18-34. Hemorrhage. Jairus's 
daughter. Two blind men. Dumb demoniac. Matt, xiv, 13-21. Five thousand. 
Matt, xiv, 22-3*5. " It is I."] Three tours of Galilee up to this time. Matt, iv, 23-25; 
Luke viii, 1-3 ; Matt, ix, 35-38. 

4. During the third year of his ministry. Matt, xv, 21. Syrophenician girl. 
Mark vii, 31. Deaf stammerer. Matt, xv, 29, 39; Mark viii, 10, 22-26. Four thousand. 
Blind man cured. Matt, xvi, 13. Transfiguration. Demoniac. Matt, xvii, 22, 24; 
Mark ix, 30. 33. Money in fish's mouth. Luke xvii, 11. Ten lepers. Woman taken in 
adultery. Blind man cured. John x, 40; xi, 1, 6, 17, 18. Lazarus. Matt, xix, 1, 2; 
xx, 17-19, 29, 30. Woman infirm eighteen years. Dropsy. Suffer little children, etc. 
Rich young man. Two blind men. Zaccheus. Matt, xxvi, 6. Ointment. Matt, xxi, 
1-9. Hosanna! Matt, xxi, 10. 12. 17, 18, 23; xxiv, 1, 3: xxvi, 17-20, 36, 57; xxvii, 2; 
Luke xxiii. 7, 8, 11 ; Matt, xxvii, 33. Tradesmen cast out. Fig tree. Last supper. 
Capture. Trial. Crucifixion. 

5. After his resurrection. Luke xxiv. 13, 15, 33, 36; Matt, xxviii, 10; John 
xxi. 1 ; Luke xxiv, 50-63; Acts i, 12. 

The Itinerating .Saviour. 1. A man of one work; 2. Because he came to save 
men we find him (steking men ; 3. He visited all parts of the land ; 4. Engaged in all 
ktnda oi philanthropic labor; 5. Preaching in the city; 6. The country; 7. The 

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desert ; 8. "\ Isiting from house to house ; 9. Warning the guilty ; in. A helper at the 
bedside; 11. A comforter at the grave; 12. A teacher at the feast : 13 \ mighty 
dellvererin all desperate casespfsro orsuffering: 14 Always finding time for private 
prayer; U Never consulting his own ease; 16. Pleaching to the people in crowds; 
1/. Conversing with the serious m private: Is. Hii circuit a sacre.l, and. lit Ex. 
tensive, and, 20. Attractive one ; 21. Containing every variety of social life, opinion, 
character, and crime: 22. He received no salary; 83. Poor accommodations: 
24. Much persecution ; 25. Little aid ; 26. And yet was immensely successful 



LESSOR XXIII. 
THE JOURNEYS OF JESUS IN THE SOUTH. 

I. Golden Text: Isaiah xl, 9. II. Home Reading: Monday, Matt. 
ii, 11-18. Tuesday, Luke ii, 21-38. Wednesday, John ii, 11-25. Thurs- 
day, John iv, 1-14. Friday, John v, 1-9. Saturday, John x, 22-42. 
Sabbath, Luke xxiv, 13, 29-40, 49-53. 



III. Lesson Hymn. 



L. M. 



Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 
Doth his successive journeys run ; 
His kingdom spread from shore to shore, 
Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 

From north to south the princes meet, 
To pay their homage at his feet ; 



While western empires own their Lord, 
And savage tribes attend his word. 

To him shall endless prayer be made, 
And endless praises crown his head ; 
His Name like sweet perfume shall rise 
A\ ith every morning sacrifice. 



IV. The Lesson. 

1. Eecite the Golden Text of the last lesson. What do von learn 
from it? 

2. Eecite the Golden Text for to-day. What do you learn from it? 

3. Recall the principal events in Christ's life which occurred in Judea 
and Samaria. 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Palestine is about 180 miles in length. From Dan to Beersheba is about 140 miles ; 
from Dan to Tyre about 25 miles ; from Mount Carmel to Masdala about 35 miles ; 
from the Mediterranean Sea opposite Jerusalem to the north end of the Dead Sea 50 
miles; from the Mediterranean Sea opposite Beersheba to the south end of the Dead 
Sea about 70 miles ; from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea between 60 and 70 miles. 

Four lines drawn from the north 
through Palestine to Arabia Petrea 
will enable us to form an idea of the 
topography of the land. (1.) The 
coast line extends along the Medi- 
terranean Sea. (2.) The mountain 
line reaches southward through Gal- 
ilee, Samaria, and Judea. (3.) The 
Jordan line follows the Jordan 
River, and passes through the Sea 
of Galilee and the Dead Sea. (4.) 
The mountain line east of the Jor- 
dan reaches from Mount Hermon 
southward. The highest mountain 
of Palestine is Dhor-el-Khordib, a 
peak of Mount Lebanon, 10,051 feet 
above the level of the Mediterrane- 
an. According to the very latest 
_ survey, the level of the Dead Sea is 
1,292 feet below that of the Mediter- 
ranean. Mount Olivet, 2.6H5 feet 
above; Mount Zion, 2,550; and 
Mount Moriah, 2,440. Palestine is 
the most sacred of all lands. Mere 
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out 1 wonderful history by which Gi led himself 1 

i. Of all the names which till the land to-day with sacred men 
-. there is none comparable to the n.une of Jesus. With Whi iveler 

"Bled land of Judea, thrice hallowed of song, 
Whore the holiest of memories pilgrim-like throng; 
in the sh ad e of thy palms, on the shore.- of thy Bea, 

On the hills of thy heuuty, my heart is with thee, 

" O here with his flock the sad Wanderer came ; 

The hills he toiled over in grief are the same; 

The founts where lie drank, by the wayside still flow, 

And the same airs are Mowing that breathed ou his brow. 1 ' 

Jtidea, Samaria, Galilee. In the days of the Romans. AWstern Palestine was 
divided into three provinces. The exact boundaries of these we cannot determine. 

Galilee was the northern province, and comprised the territory of the tribes of Issa- 
Zebulon. Asher, and Naphtali. It was divided into two parts. Upper and Lower 
Galilee. Upper Galilee was also called "Galilee of the nations," and 'Galilee of the 
Gentiles." '* In the present day the whole region is almost deserted, though it is still 
beautiful, even in its desolation. "— < 'oleman. Samaria comprised the territory of the 
tribes of Kphraim and Manasseh. The inhabitants of this region were bitterly hated 
by the Jews of our Lord's time. On Judea see Notes on Lesson I. 



LESSOR XXIY. 
THE CITIES OF GOSPEL HISTORY. 

I. Golden Text : Matt, xi, 23, 24. II. Home Reading : Monday, 
Micah v, 2 ; Matt, ii, 1-6. Tuesday, Matt, ii, 16-18 ; Gen. xxxv, 19, 20. 
Wednesday, 2 Sam. v, 4-10. Thursday, Psalm cxxxvii. Friday, Matt. 
xxiii, 34-39. Saturday, Matt, xi, 20-24. Sabbath, Eev. xxi, 1-14, 21-27. 

III. Lesson Hymn. C. M. 



Their day of grace is sunk in night, 
Their time of mercy spent ; 

For heavy was their children's crime, 
And strange their punishment. 



Yet gaze not idly on their fall, 
But, sinner, warned be ; 

"Who spared not his chosen seed 
May send his wrath on thee. 



IV. The Lesson. 

1. Examine the passages referred to in the following table, and locate 
them on an outline map : 

I. THE CITIES IB WHICH JKSCS LIVED. 

1. Of his birth, Beth. Matt, ii, 1. 2. Of his childhood, Nax, Matt. U, 23. 

3. Of his adoption, Cap. Matt, iv, 13. 

II. THE CITIES HE OCCASIONALLY VISITED. 

1. Can. John ii, 1-11. 4. Beth§. Mark viii, 22. 7. Betha. John xi, 1. 

T J a - H ke . vlL i 12 - 0. Jer. Luke xix, 1-7. 8. Jer. Luke xix, 1. 

3. Sy. John It, 0. 6 . Em. Luke xxiv, 13, 

III. THE CITIES HE CONDEMNED. 

1. Beths. Matt, xi, 21, 22. 3. Cap. Matt, xi, 23, 24. 

2. Chor. Matt, xi, 21, 22, 4. Jerus, Luke xiii, 34. 

2. What lessons do yon draw from the Golden Text ? 

Y. Condensed Notes. 

[For practical teaching see next lesson. For notes on Bethlehem, 

Jerusalem, and Nazareth, see Lessons I and III.] 

Capernaum. Matt iv, 13. On the north-western shore of Lake Gennesaret. 

ire. Matt. ix. 9. Also Simon Peter and Andrew. Mark i, lb, 17., 2^, 

8er$ Uyed the Centurion whose servant was healed. Matt, viii, 5. Other mira* 



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cles. Matt. viii. 14; ix, 1 ; Mark i, 32; be, 33. Read tlie words of Jesus concerning it. 
Matt, xi, 23. No one can certainly identify the ruins of this city. Some scholars locate 
it at Khan Minyeh, others at I\-/l Hum, and others at Ain Mudawaruk. These 
points are all oe the plain of G-ennesaret, not far from each other. The recent Pale*- 
tint Exploration party has discovered the ruins of a fine synagofrue at Tell Ham. 

(ana of Galilee, Either Kefir Kenna or Kana el-Jelil, both within ten miles of 
Nazareth. 

Nain, now called Nein, situated on the north-western edge of Little Hermon. 

Syciiar. Possibly same as Sichem, Shechem, Neapolis, and Nablua, situated be- 
tween Mounts Ebal »nd Gerizim in Samaria, thirty-four miles north of .Jerusalem, a 
mile west of Jacob's well. A village now called Askar is believed by some to be the 
ancient Sychar. 

Bethsaida. There were two towns by this name, one on the east and the other on 
the west of Lake Gennesaret. Dr. Thomson thinks there was but one Bethsaida, 
which the Jordan separated into two divisions, near its entrance into the lake. 

Jericho. Probably near, or identical with, the modern Rihah, sixteen miles east 
of Jerusalem. 

Euiniaiis. Somewhere about seven and a half miles from Jerusalem. Perhaps 
near Kirjath-jearim. Certainly not the town now called Emmaus, or Nicopolis, twenty 
miles from Jerusalem. 

Bethany. Now called El-Azariyeh, after Lazarus. It "is a ruinous and wretched 
village, a wild mountain hamlet of some twenty iamilies." 

Chorazin. Its site unknown. Dr. Robinson thinks that Khan Minyeh is Caper- 
naum, El-Tabighah is Bethsaida, and Tell- Hum Chorazin. 

Jerusalem. Situated upon several hills, which together form a high ridge or 
tongue of land, belonging to the central mountain range of Palestine— ancient, hon- 
ored, guilty, wretched city. It rejected, spurned, mocked, and crucified Christ. It 
now bears the burden of its sin. 

On Palestine see Stanley's " Sinai and Palestine," p. 109; and Robinson's "Phys- 
ical Geography," pp. 16-18. On UapematiAn, ibid., page 376; "M'Olintock db 
Strong's Cyclopaedia,"— articles : Capernaum, Cana, Chorazin, Bethany, Bethlehem, 
Bethsaida. 



LESSON XXV. 



THE MOUNTAINS OF GOSPEL HISTORY. 

I. Golden Text: Lukevi, 12. II. Home Reading : Monday, Psalm 
exxv. Tuesday, Matt, xxi, 17-22. Wednesday, Micah iv, 1-4. Thurs- 
day, Exodus xix, 16-25. _ Friday, Exodus xxiv, 12-18. Saturday, Deut. 
xxxiv. Sabbath, Heb. xii, 18-29. 



III. Lesson Hymn. 



L. M. 



Cold mountains and the midnight air 
Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer; 
The desert thy temptations knew, 
Thy conflict and thy vict'ry too. 



Be thou my pattern ; make me bear 
More of thy gracious image here ; 
Then God, the judge, shall own my name 
Among the followers of the Lamb. 



IV. The Lesson. 

1. Examine the Scripture passages referred to in the following table, 
and locate the mountains. Mountains : 1. The mountain on which 
the temple stood; Mo. 2 Chron. iii, 1. 2. The mountain on which 
Jesus was tempted; Quarantania. Matt, iv, 5, 8. 3. The mountain 
of the Beatitudes ; Tell H. Matt, v, 1, 14. 4. The mountain of the 
Samaritan temple ; Geriz. John iv, 21. 5. The mountain of Christ's 
midnight prayer ; Unknown. Luke vi, 12. 6. The mountain of the 
transfiguration; Tab. or Herm. Matt, xvii, 1. 7. The place (mount- 
ain ?) of the crucifixion ; Oalv. Luke xxiii, 33. 8. The mountain of 
the reunion in Galilee : TJnk. Matt, xxviii, 16. 9. The mountain of 
the ascension ; OIL Acts i, 12. 

2. Draw lessons from the Golden Text. 



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0. In whlofc of the mountains do you feel the deepeel Interest I Next 
to that, which . ; 

1. Let i pupil read Wnittier's poem on Palestine. 

V. Condensed Notes. 

The lessons taught by the places in which Jesus labored: a) Bethlehem 

and Nazareth teach that often God puts great glory upon the most lowly. Matt. ii. »; ; 
John i. !•'■: Acts x, 38. Lei us nol despise a man or place because despised by men. 
: Cana we Bee marriage and social festivities sanctified ; c) atNain 
v q see bereavement consoled : d I al Bethany we see the eh, inns and value of Christian 
friendship; i I at Jacob's well sin is reproved and hope inspired :/) at Bethsaida and 
i night becomes day at the touch and word of Christ; g) Emmaus suggests the 
dness of Bible study with Chrisl as teacher; //) Capernaum, Chorazin, and Jeru- 
salem remind us that from great privileges we may fall into just punishments; exalted 
i ven. brought down to hell ; j) Quarantania gives to the tempted the hope and the 
r victory over Satan ; j) Tabor prefigures Paradise; A) the unknown mountain 
i f prayer is a perpetual reproof to the careless disciple. See M'Clintock and Strong's 
Cyclopedia on Qdl/oary. 

VI. Table of Distances from Jerusalem. 



Miles. 

Hethlehem 6 

Nazareth 68 

Capernaum 80 

Cana 77 

Nain 60 

Sychar 30 



Miles. 

Bethsaida 80 

Jericho 16 

Emmaus 7J 

Bethabara 24 

Mt. Quarantania 15 

TellHattin 70 



Miles. 

Gerizim 28 

Tabor 66 

Hermon 120 

Cesarea Philippi 107 

Tyre 105 

Sidon 125 



LESSOR XXVI. 
THE MANY MIRACLES OF JESUS. 

I. Golden Text: Heb. ii, 3, 4. II. Home Reading: Monday, Matt, 
iv, 23-25. Tuesday, Matt, xiv, 13-21. Wednesday, Matt, xv, 29-31. 
Thursday, Mark L 21-34. Friday, Luke vi, 1-12. Saturday, Luke vi, 
13-19. Sabbath, Luke vii, 18-23. 



III. Lesson Hymn. 



L. M. 



Jesus, thy far-extended fame 
My drooping soul exults to hear ; 

Thy Name, thy all-restoring Name, 
Is music in a sinner's ear. 

Sinners of old thou didst receive 
With comfortable words, and kind ; 

- rrows cheer, their wants relieve, 
Heal the diseased, and cure the blind. 



And art thou not the Saviour still, 
In every place and age the same? 

Hast thou forgot thy gracious skill, 
Or lost the virtue of thy name ? 

Faith in thy changeless name I have: 
The good, the kind Physician, thou 

Art able now our souls to save, 
Art willing to restore them now. 



IV. The Lesson: Matt, xi, 2-5; iv, 23, 24; Luke iv, 40; 
Mark iii, 10, 11; Matt, xv, 30, 31; viii, 17. 

V. Facts about the Miracles of Christ. 

1. They were numerous. "Nearly forty are described in the Gospels. He wrought 
many besides these. Matt. viii. 16; Luke vi, 19; Matt, xiv, 14; xv, 30: John vii, 31. 

2. Theyweie publicly wrought. Matt, iv, 23, 24; xv, 30, 31. 3. Miracles classified. 

1. Miracles of Creation. 
a. Wine made from water. John ii, 7. b. Foou for 5,000. John vi, 10, 13. c. Food 



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2. Miracles on the Sea. 

a. Calmed the storm. Matt, viii, 20. h. Walked on the sea. Matt. xlv. 25. c. Trib- 
ute money in the fish's mouth. Matt, xvii, 27. d. Filled two ships with fish. Luke v, 4. 
e. Filled Peter's net. John xxi, ij. 

3. Miracles OS the Wills of Men. 

O- At Nazareth. Luke iv, 30. b. In the temple. John ii, 15. c. Again in the temple. 
Matt, xxi, 12. (/. At Gethsemane. John xvih, U. 

4. Miracles on Deformed Persons. 

a. The withered hand. Matt, xii, 10, 13. b. Two blind men. Matt, ix, 27. 30. c. The 
blind man of Bethsaida. Mark viii, 22, 2.\ d. The man born blind. John ix, 1, 7. 
e. The woman eighteen years infirm. Luke xiii, 13. f. The blind man at Jericho. 
Luke xviii, 43. g. Malehus' ear. Luke xxii, 51. 

5. Miracles on Diseased Persons. 

</. The nobleman's son. John iv, 46-54. b. The leper. Matt, viii, 3. c. The case of 
fever. Matt, viii, 15. d. The man sick of the palsy. Matt, ix, 2. e. The impotent man. 
John v, 7, 9. f. The servant sick of the palsy. Matt. viii. 13. g. The issue of blood. 
Matt, ix, 20, 22. h. Ten lepers. Luke xvii, 14. i. The dropsical man. Luke xiv, 4. 

6. Miracles on Demoniacs. 
a. In the synagogue at Capernaum. Mark i, 24. b. The man among the tombs. 
Mark v, 2. c. The dumb demoniac. Matt, ix, 32. d. The wretched boy. Matt, 
xvii, 15. e. Blind and dumb demoniac. Matt, xii, 22-30. f. The Syrophenician girl. 
Matt, xv, 22. 

7. Miracles on the Dead. 

a. The daughter of Jairus. Matt, ix, 25. b. The widow's son. Luke vii, 11-17. c. Laz- 
arus. John xi, 44. 

8. Miracles of Destruction. 

a. The barren fig-tree. Matt xxi, 19. b. The swine destroyed. Mark v, 13. [Per- 
haps this destruction should not be spoken of as the act of Christ.] 

VI. Questions. 

Enumerate the eight classes of miracles performed by Jesus Christ. 
How many of each class are described in the Gospel? What is a mira- 
cle? What is the difference between a miracle and a performance by 
" sleight-of-hand ? " What is the difference between a miracle and an 
unusual occurrence, such as the shooting stars of 1833 ? What is the 
difference between miracles and the wonders which bad men and dev- 
ils can perform ? Who alone can work true miracles ? Who was the 
greatest worker of miracles that the world ever knew ? When John 
sent messengers to Jesus, what question did they ask, and how did 
Jesus answer ? Was there any disease that Jesus could not heal ? Is 
there any disease worse than bodily disease ? What is it ? How is sin 
like blindness, deafness, palsy, leprosy, demoniacal possession, death ? 
Can Jesus cure the disease of sin ? How do you know ? 

VII. Condensed Notes. 

MIRACLE DEFINED. 

God has given us abundant evidence of the truth of his word. 1. The universal 
need of a revelation of some kind, and the perfect adaptation, of the Christian rev- 
elation to this universal need, together furnish 'a strong argument in favor of its divine 
origin. 2. The character of the book itself, examined with reference to its literary 
merits, its sublime doctrines, its wonderful unity, its purity of spirit, and its ennobling 
tendencies, constitute still another argument in its favor. 3. But the marvelous his- 
tory which the book records, (of the truth of which there can be no doubt,) is the 
strong external evidence in support of its divinity. It tells us that God has been at 
work in this world ; not only through the ordinary processes of nature, but that by 
works known as mira<ies he has proved himself the God of nature, and by his inter- 
position has set his seal upon the Book of books. These signal, supernatural, divinely- 
wrought works are known as miracles. The following are some of the definitions of 
miracles siven by the theologians: " The word 'miracle' is the ordinary translation, 
in our authorized Ensrlish version, of the Greek sameion. In the Vulgate, sign.um is 
the customary rendering of sameion. The Latin miraculum, from which it is merely 
accommodated to an English termination, corresponds best with the Greek thauma, 
and denotes any object of wonder whether supernatural or not. Thus the 'seven 
wonders of the world ' were called miracula, though they were only miracles of art." 



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? usually defined to be a deviation from the course <>f 
DAtun . i which cannot be accounted for by the operation 

of ;in> general principle in that system. Hut this definition Beenia to omit one of the 
i miracle, namely, thai it is an ev< nt produced hy the Interposition of an 
• i- il purpose in Eiuiiidopedia. Fact* which 

could not h i mi natural causes <>r \\ ithout superhuman aid." -.1 ngui, 

"An even! ; not in accordance with the constitution and 

n this world ; or. a sensible deviation from tin- known laws of na- 
u •• ror .Mn .\ . Dr. Whedon off< ra the fol- 

iracle: " A miracle is the interruption of a process under nat- 
ural law i>\ the ii ae higher power; meaning, by higher power, a 
above tin' forces known i>y experience to form the system of our mundane 
nature." The venerable and learned doctor gives the following Illustrations of his 
view: "If a little stream of water Is flowing down an Inclined surface, and a man, in- 
terpoeing bis hand, deflects the stream into a new direction, a process is interrupted, 
but no law is suspended. So if Christ, by a word of power, changed the direction of 
the wind, and arrested the storm, a process, a certain procedure of the wind, was in- 
terrupted and modified, but no law was suspended. If he changed the current of the 
human blood, and so arrested a disease, a process was modified, but no law suspended. 
The interposition of Christ's power was simply the introduction of a new antecedent 
or cause by which the process was interrupted and changed. The new antecedent 
acted under laws. For there are laws of the divine nature as well as of finite nature ; 
laws of mind as well as laws of matter ; laws of will as well as laws of intellect. When 
a man lifts his hand he does not overcome a law of gravity ; he simply interrupts and 
changes a process under that law, namely, of inert repose of his hand. His soul acted 
in accordance with law in willing the lift of the hand. And so in the whole process, 
law was always fulfilled and never suspended." For valuable classification of mira- 
cles see *' WcstcoWs Introduction.'''' Appendix E, page 466. 



LESSOR XXVII. 
MIRACLES A PROOF OF HIS DIVINE MISSION. 

I. Golden Text : Heb. ii, 3, 4. II. Home Reading : Monday, Exod. 
iii, 19-80 ; it, 1-9. Tuesday, Deut. iv, 32-36. Wednesday, 1 Kings xvii, 
17-24. Thursday, Mark xvi, 17-20. Friday, Isa. xxxv, 5, 6 ; Matt, xi, 
1-6. Saturday, John ix, 13-33. Sabbath, Heb. ii, 1-4. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



There is a great Physician near ; 

Look up, fainting soul, and live : 
See, in his heavenly smiles, appear 

Such help as nature cannot give. 



See, in the Saviour's dying blood, 
Life, health, and bliss abundant flow ; 

And in that sacrificial flood 
A balm for all thy grief and woe. 



IV. Lesson. 

1. Commit the topical outline and examine the Scripture passages. 

1. Nicodemus convinced. John iii, 1, 2. 

2. The people divided. John xix, 16, 33. 

3. The people satisfied. John vii, 31 ; vi, 14. 

4. A base charge made and answered. Luke xi, 15, 19, 20. 

5. The testimony of Jesus. John v, 36. 

6. The testimony of Peter. Acts ii, 22. 

7. The question of Paul. Heb. ii, 3, 4. 

2. What does the Golden Text teach? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

DKSIGN OF MIRACLES. 

1. To convince mankind that the Creator of nature still controls nature. 

2. To call the attention of mankind to the great Creator and King of all. 

3. To bear witness to the revelations of God's will made through his messengers. 
"Miracles are letters of introduction, written by our heavenly Father, to introduce 
Jesus Christ and i, : ^ religion to the world." 



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"The glory of Christ did not beg in with that miracle, (water made wine,) the miracle 
only manifested it. For thirty years the wonder-working power had been in him. It 
was net diviner power when it broke forth into visible manifestation, than it had been 
when it was unsuspected and unseen. It had been exercised up to this time in com- 
mon aets of youthful life— obedience to his mother, love to his brethren. Well, it was 
just as divine in these simple daily acts as when it showed itself in a way startling and 

wonderful The miracles only made the hidden glory visible. The extraordinary 

only proved that the ordinary was divine — To the wise man the lightning only manf- 

f. st- the electric force, which is every-where, and which for one moment lias become 

visible. As often as he Bees it. it reminds him that the lightning Bl umbers invisibly in 

w drop, and in the mist, and in the cloud, and binds together every atom of the 

that he uses in daily lite Miracles have only done their work when they I 

glory and the awfulness that surround our common life. In a miracle God for 
one moment shows himself, that we may remember it is he that is at work when no 
miracle is seen."— F. IT. Pobertson. 

THE MIRACLES OF JESUS CHRIST. 

1. Tiiey were numerous. Multitudes of people were helped and healed. Day after 
day for three years he performed miracles. John vii, 31. 2. Publicly wrought. Matt, 
iv, 23, 24; xv, 30, 31. 3. Beneficent. John xi, 5. He used his power to bless man— giv- 
ing food, sight, hearing, strength, health, life, to suffering humanity. 4. Indisputably 
genuine. Nicodemus convinced. The people said : When Christ cometh, will he do 
more miracles than these which this man hath done?" 5. Classification of Christ's 
miracles. See "First Year with Jesus. Third Grade," page 30. The following is 
Archbishop Thomson's classification: 

THE SAVIOUR'S MIRACLES ARE, 

( In raising the dead. 
I. Of love . . -j In curing mental disease. 



In healing the body. 

In creating. 
TT Of nnwpr J ln destroying. 
j.x. yji vci. ^ In settmg as ia e t ] ie ordinary laws of being. 

In overawing the opposing wills of men. 



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LESSOR XXVIII. 
THE BEGINNING OF MIRACLES. 

I. Golden Text : Isa. xxv, 1. II. Home Reading : Monday : 1 Kings 
xvii, 1-7. Tuesday, 1 Kings xvii, 8 -16. Wednesday, 1 Kings xviii, 17-29. 
Thursday, 1 Kings xviii, 30-46. Friday, John iv, 46-54. Saturday, 
Eev. xix, 5-10. SSaboatli, Isaiah, xxv, 1-8. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



Might I enjoy the meanest place 
Within thy house, O God of grace, 
Not tents of ease, or thrones of power, 
Should tempt my feet to leave thy door. 



All needful grace will God bestow, 
And crown that grace with glory too ; 
He gives us all things, and withholds 
No real good from upright souls. 



IV. The Lesson.— John ii, 1-11. 

1. Eead the lesson in concert, by alternate verses or responsively. 

2. What persons, places, times, actions are recorded ? 

3. Let a brief paper be read on " Jesus in Social Life," or " The 
Mother of Jesus — her place in the estimation of Christ." 

4. What lessons do you draw from each verse ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

[See M First Year with Jesus," pages 32 and GO.] " In verse 2, for ' both Jesus teas 
called' read 'Jesus also was bidden.' In verse 3, for ' ivheii they wanted xrine" read 
'when the wine failed.' In verse 9, for ''the water that teas made tcine' read ' the 
water now became wine.' In verse 10, read * Every man setteth on the good wine 
drst,' and for ' well ' read ' freely.' "—Alford. 



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l,««sMons: t. Christianity does not despise the soolal relations and reasonable en- 
joyments of life. Jesus at a feast. He thus reproved the asceticism of the EsseneSi 
and ofthoBe who followed too rigidly the example of John the Baptist. *' It Is a thing 
far more striking to the vulgar imagination to be religious after the type and pattern 
of John the Baptist -to fast, to mortify every inclination, to be found al do feast, to 
wrap ourseh es in solitariness, and to abstain from all social joys ; yes, and far east* r 
bo to live, and far easier so to win a character for religiousness. A Bilenl man Is easily 
reputed wise.... But the life of Him whom men called a gluttonous man and a wine- 
bibber, a friend of publicans ami sinners, was a far harder and a far heavenlier relig- 
ion." & The water of the Jewish dispensation is transmuted into the toine of the. 

Christian dispensation by the coming, works, and words of Jesus. .*$. The tniracl I 

proved the divine power of Christ, it was a genuine miracle. Pure water; genuine 

wine; an attempt al deception would have been easily detected. 1. See the faitli 
his mother had in him. .). See ins purpose to be free from lus mother, so far BJ de- 

Eendence upon or alliance with her in his works were concerned, lie allowed no 
uman being to stand between him and others. How does this annihilate Romish 
pretensions ? 0. At all our festivities secure the presence of Jesus. 

illustration. "A teacher gave his pupils 'The Lord's Miracle at the Marriage at 
Cana ' to turn into English verse, offering a prize to the most successful young poet. 
The hour passed, many had tilled their slates, and those who had written the most 
hoped for the prise. There was one boy who longed for it, perhaps more.than the 
others ; but he had little chance of success ; he had only been able to write four lines. 
As he handed his slate to the master, with tears in his eyes, and a choking voice, he 
said. ' I am sorry, sir, I cannot write any more.' But what was his delight when the 
prize was given to him ! His lines were true poetry : 
' The modest water, 

Awed by power divine, 
Confessed its God, 
And blushed itself to wine."' 



LESSOE" XXIX. 
THE NOBLEMAN'S SON RESTORED. 

I. Golden Text: Matt, xviii, 20. II. Home Reading: Monday, 
Isaiah xxxviii, 1-8. Tuesday, Isaiah xxxviii, 9-22. Wednesday, Matt, 
viii, 14-17. Thursday, Luke xiii, 10-17. Friday, Luke xiv, 1-6. Sat- 
urday, Luke xxii, 49-51. Sabbath, John iv, 46-54. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



Not as he in the temple taught. 
Is Christ within these walls revealed, 

"When blind, and deaf, and dumb were 
brought, 
Lepers and lame— and all were healed : 



Yet here, when two or three shall 
meet, 

Or thronging multitudes are found, 
All may sit down at Jesus' feet, 

And hear from him the joyful sound. 



IV. The Lesson: John iv, 46-54. 

1. Read the lesson. 

2. What connection has the golden text with the lesson \ 

3. Commit to memory the following historic outline: 1. Jesus at 
Cana. 2. Sickness and sorrow at Capernaum. 3. The report that Je- 
sus had arrived at Cana reaches the nohleman at Capernaum. 4. Iiis 
pilgrimage and prayer. 5. Jesus' answer : " Except. . . .signs and won- 
ders, ye...." 6. The'nobleman's second plea. 7. Christ's command 
and consolation. 8. Faith and works. 9. Servants with the good 
news. 10. Inquiry as to time, and the reply. 11. The nobleman's 
thorough conversion. 

[In this examination look closely at every verse and at every word. 
Especially study the following: Besought, signs, wonders, inquired, 
1, fever.] 

4. From the facts of the historic outline just given, what duties may 
be inferred? 

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V. Condensed Notes. 

Nobleman. (SaaiTiLKog Josephus uses this term to distinguish the officers of 
the local kings, such as Herod, from those of Rome. Perhaps this man was an officer 
of Herod Antipas. Was he Gmiza t Lukeviii, 3. Son. B3 what other terms referred 
to in the lesson? (ana, Capernaum, Judea, Galilee. See notes on Lesson 
XXIV. Time. At second visit to Cana. Verse 46. See Journeys of Jesus in First 
lear with Je8U8, pages 36, 27. "Seventh hour." One o'clock P.M. 

Lessons: 1. Sickness comes to all; rich as well as poor, young as well as old. 

2. The intense love of parents for their children. Draw the picture of the home at 
Capernaum, and the anxious father's pilgrimage. Compare the incident with the fol- 
lowing passages of Scripture : Psalm ciii, 13 ; Luke xi, 13. What do they teach ? 

3. Jesus' omniscience. 4. What a great work Jesus can accomplish with apparently 
no trouble. 5. Faith in Jesus' word will give quiet to a troubled mind. 



LESSON XXX. 
THE BLIND MEN OF BETHSAIDA AND CAPERNAUM. 

I. G-olden Text : 2 Cor. iv, 6. II. Home Reading : Monday, Isaiah 
v, 13, 20-24. Tuesday, Isaiah ix, 1-7. Wednesday, Isaiah xxix, 9-19. 
Thursday, Isaiah xlii, 1-7. Friday, John i, 1-9. Saturday, Mark viii, 
22-26. Sabbath, Matt, ix, 27-31. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



Light of the Gentile world, appear ; 

Command the blind thy rays to see : 
Our darkness chase, our sorrows cheer, 

And set the plaintive pris'ner free. 

Me, me, who still in darkness sit, 
Shut up in sin and unbelief, 



Deliver from this gloomy pit, — 
This dungeon of despairing grief. 

Open mine eyes the Lamb to know, 
Who bears the gen'ral sin away; 

And to my ransomed spirit show 
Tne glories of eternal day. 



IV. The Lesson: Mark viii, 22-26; Matt, ix, 27-31. 

1. Read both incidents. 

2. Let a scholar draw a map of the region referred to in the lesson. 

3. Topic for essay : u Blindness — physical and spiritual." 

4. Recall every case of blindness referred to in the Bible. 

5. What practical lessons do you draw from these incidents ? 

"V. Condensed Notes. 

Blindness. As once, so now, blindness is very common in the East. Causes : "The 
quantities of dust and sand pulverized by the sun's intense heat; the perpetual glare 
of light; the contrast of the heat with the cold sea air on the coast, where blindness 

is specially prevalent; the dews at night while they sleep on the roof, etc There is a 

common saying that in Ludd (the ancient Lydda) every man is either blind or has but 

one eye. Jaffa is said to contain 500 blind out of a population of 5,000 at most Tews 

especially charged to treat the blind with compassion and care." (Lev. xix, 11 ; Deut. 
xxvvii \%)—Farrar. 

Lessons: 1. Blindness isan expressive figure of sin. There are eyes of the soul 
by which it may see God and the things of God's kingdom. Sin shuts the spiritual eye. 
Naturally, man is blind to the realities of religion. It is a state of dependence, uncer- 
tainty, weakness, danger, and sadness. Read Matt, vi, 23; Eph. iv. 17-19; Psalm 
lxxxii, 5; John i, 5 ; iii, 19, 20. 2. Jesus the great Light-Bring: r. He is the Sun of 
righteousness. Malachi iv, 2: John ix, 5, 39; viii, 12; 2 Cor. iii. 14; Eph. v, 14. He 
gives illuminating, warming, attracting grace. 3. Christ sometimes used outtcard 
means in working miracles. Perhaps to aid the faith of the blind men in the lessons 
now under consideration. Barnes thinks he used spittle because it was regarded as a 
medicine by the Jews, and they would not on the Sabbath day use even medicine. He 
employed it to reprove their absurd scruples. 4. The gradualne-ss of the cure in the 
one case. Mark viii, 24. Perhaps the measure of the man's faith made the cure grad- 
ual. 5. The Saviour possessed unlimited power. 



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LESSON XXXI. 

THE MAN BLIND FROM HIS BIRTH. 

I. Golden Text : John ix, 4, 5. II. Home Reading : M 
2 Kings vi, 1 9(Uty, John iii, 16-21. Wednesday, 1 Cor. ii, 

'.'-lb. " Thursday, 2 Cor. iv, 1-6. Friday, Jolin ix, 1-12. Saturday, 
John ix, 1:>: i. \>'abbat/i, John ix, 35-41. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



A poor blind child I wander here 
If haply I may feel thee near : 
dark : dark '. dark ! I still must say, 
Amid the blaze of Gospel day. 



When, gracious Lord, when shall it be 
That I shall find my all in thee? 
The fullness of thy promise prove— 
The seal of thine eternal love ? 



i? 



IV. The Lesson: John ix, 1-7, 35-38. 

1. Becall the facts of the last lesson. 

2. Read the lesson for the day. 

3. Recite the Golden Text and draw practical lessons from it. 

4. What words or expressions in this lesson suggest any difficulties 
to your mind \ 

5. From some book of travel in Palestine read a description of the 
pool of Siloam. 

6. Why did Jesus use clav and spittle in healing the blind man? 

7. What practical truths does this lesson teach us ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Time, November 27, A.D. 28.— Dr. Strong. 

Siloam. East of mount Zion, in Jerusalem, are two hills: the northern is mount 
Moriah, where the Temple stood ; the southern hill is Ophel. Between Zion and Ophel 
is the lower part of the valley of the Tyropean, which sweeps around south of Ophel 
and joins the Kidron valley. Near the junction of the Tyropean and the Kidron val- 
leys is the pool of Siloam. It is now called by the Arabs, Sihcan. See Isaiah viii. i; : 
Nehemiah iii. 15. Three things are to be noticed: 1. The conduit or channel by 
which the water is brousht from the Fountain of the Virgin, 1,200 feet away, and on 
the other side of the hill Ophel. This channel is crooked, and measures 1,750 feet. 
2. The small, artificial ha si a, fountain, or vestibule, five or six feet broad, into which 
the waters from this channel first empty. 3 The jjooI itself— fifty feet long, fourteen 
and a half feet wide at the eastern, and seventeen feet at the western end. " The 
present pool is a ruin, with no moss or ivy to make it romantic ; its sides falling in, its 
pillars broken, its stair a fragment, its walls giving way, the edge of every stone worn 
round or sharp by time." 

Man blind from his birth. John ix, 1. Name not given. Well known beggar. 
John ix. 8. Parents living. Verse 18. He was "of age," verse 23, that is. thirteen 
year- or over, the age at which Jews admitted their youth to give testimony in the 
courts. The parent*, verses 2, 1". Irresolute and timid people, verses 22,23. How 
often and in what terms is God spoken of in John ix. 1-7 ? 

Lessons: 1. Suffering not always the consequence of sin. John ix, 3. Case of 
Job and of this man. God's '-'lory sometimes manifested through human pain. Why 
did disciples ask the question? 2. Seek light. 3. Seek it in Jesus. 4. In suffering 
s -ek to trace God's purpose of grace, and make your pain brine glory to his name. The 
man's blindness brought him what he might never have received if he had enjoyed 
vision— a knowledge of Jesus. A minister was recovering from a dangerous illness. 
A friend said. " It will he a long time before you will sufficiently retrieve your strength, 
and regain vigor enough of mind to preach as usual." The good man answered, 
" You are mistaken, my friend, for this six weeks' illness has taught me more divinity 
than all my past studies, and all my ten years' ministry put together." A blind lady 
wrote once : 

" My virion Thou hast dimmed, 
That I might see Thyself, 

Thyself alone." 

5. Pity and despise not the children of affliction in this world. 6. Work the works 
of duty and benevolence, in the name of Jesus, while it is day. 7. Ever remember the 



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coming night of sickness, old age, inefficiency, and death. 8. Instead of asking au 
unimportant theological question when the disciples saw the blind man in Jerusalem, 
how much better to have craved for him a cure from the Master. Do ice never forget 
charity in idle speculations? 

On John bc.2, see Longking's Notes, vol. iii, pp. 130-132. Exploration of Siloaru 
Robinson's Besearches, vol. i, pp. 338-311. 



LESSOR XXXII. 
BLIND BARTIMEUS. 

I. Golden Text: Eccles. xii, 1, 2. II. Home Reading: Monday, 
Psa. li, 1-10. Tuesday, Psa. li, 11-19. Wednesday, 1 John ii, 8-11. 
Thursday, Rev. iii, 14-22. Friday, Matt, xx, 29-34. Saturday, Mark 
x, 46-52. Sabbath, Luke xviii, 35-43. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 

God, to whom in flesh revealed, j Thou seest me helpless and distressed. 
The helpless all for succor came ; Feeble, and faint, and blind, and poor ; 

The sick to be relieved and healed, Weary, I come to thee for rest; 

And found salvation in thy name :— i And, sick of sin, implore a cure. 

IV. The Lesson. 

1. Examine the parallel passages : Matt, xx, 29-34 ; Mark x, 46-52 ; 
Luke xviii, 35-43. 

2. As each of the folio wing topics is named let the three Evangelists 
be consulted, to see how they record the facts. 

1. Jesus and Ms disciples at Jericho. 

2. The thronging multitudes. 

3. The blind man's question. 

4. The reply. 

5. The cry for help. 

6. The people's reproof. 

7. The cry renewed. 

8. Called and cured. 

3. What does the incident teach us ? 

4. What does the Golden Text teach us ? 

5. Let a scholar give some description of Jericho. 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Time : March 11 (?). A.D. 28. 

Two blind men. " As to the difference in the number healed, it is certain there 
were two, for Matthew expressly says so ; though, because of some accidental circum- 
stances, (as that one was much better known than the other,) Mark and Luke name 
but one. In like manner, in the account of the Gadarene demoniac, which circum- 
stance is mentioned by these same historians, and by them only. Matthew informs his 
readers that there were tioo men dispossessed, (Matt, viii, 28-34,) though Mark and 
Luke name but one.''' — Long king. 

Bartinieug, son of Timeus. Bar means son of. (Barnabas, son of consolation ; 
Barjona, Barjesus, etc ) 

Lessons: 1. Seek Christ promptly and with faith, as Bartimeus did. 2. Do not 
yield to discouragements. When the people tried to silence Bavtimeus's call "ta° 
cried the more a great deal." 3. Give glory to God for his work of restoration when 
wrought upon thee. 



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LESSON XXXLIL 

THE LEPER OF GALILEE. 

I. Golden Text: .Mark i, 41. II. Home Reading: Monday, Exod. 
iv, 1 v. xiii, 0-15, 45. Wednesday, Num. xii. Thursday, 

•_' Kings xv, 1-6. Friday, Matt, viii, 1-4. Saturday, Mark i, 40-45. 
Sabbath, Luke v, 12-1 5. 

III. Lesson Hymn. C. M. 



My (.oil, my God, to thee I cry ; 

Thee only would l know; 
Thy purifying blood apply, 

And trash me white as snow. 

Touch me, and make the leper clean ; 
Purge my iniquity : 



Unless thou wash my soul from sin, 
I have no part in thee. 

But art thou not already mine ? 

Answer, if mine thou art ; 
Whisper within, thou love divine, 

And cheer my drooping heart. 



IV. The Lesson. 

1. Compare the parallel passages : Matt, viii, 1-4 ; Mark i, 40-45 ; 
Luke v, 12-15. 

2. What posture did the leper assume? 

3. How is sin like leprosy ? 

4. What does the conduct of this leper teach a sinner ? 



V. Condensed Notes. 

Time: February or March, A.D. 27. 

Leprosy. A disease of the skin. [Examine Concordance and refer to the passages 
which speak of leprosy-] It was known at an early age among the Jews. There were 
four kinds: Elephantiasis, black, white, and red leprosy. Moses gave laws for the 
treatment of lepers. See Leviticus xiii, where we find also a graphic description of the 
disease. In time the leprosy changed its symptoms and form. A disease known by 
that name now exists in Egypt, Syria, India, and elsewhere. A graphic description of 
the leprosy in Jerusalem by Dr. Thomson will be found in "First Year with Jesus. 
Third Grade," page 37. 

Priest. Matt, viii, 4; see Leviticus xiv, 2, 20, 21. "The priests were commissioned 
carefully to watch the inroads of the disease."— Lange. 

Lessons: 1. Sin is like leprosy. The leprosy is feared as contagious; it is cer- 
tainly and inevitably hereditary ; it is loathsome and polluting ; its victim is 

dhunned by ail as unclean; it is most deceitful in its action There are those, I 

know, who, as they gaze on the soft, clear heaven of infancy's laughing eye, reject 
with horror the thought that even here the 'leprosy (of sin) lies deep within.' So any 
one might think and say who looked upon a beautiful babe in the arms of its leprous 
mother in that little community near Zion's gate. But, alas ! give but time enough, 
and the physical malady manifests its presence, and does its work of death. And so 
in the antitype. If left unchecked by power divine, the leprosy of sin will eat into the 
very texture of the soul, and consume everything lovely and pure in human character, 
until the smiling babe becomes a Nero, a Cesar Borgia, a bloody Robespierre, or the 
r Lscariot. These were all once smiling babes."— Dr. Thomson. 2. The all- 
Hufflciency of Jesus. A touch and word work divine wonders. " Immediately his 
leprosy was cleansed. 3. The cohdr.sc<>usion of Jesus. " He touched- him." 4. Why 
did Jesus prohibit the publication of his miracles? Perhaps to prevent undue ex- 
ent among the people, and an attempt to crown him king. Perhaps to avoid 
irritating the authorities. Perhaps to make sure of a priestly recognition for the 
a rumor reaching him before the lepers came might prejudice him against 
their c 

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LESSOR XXXIV. 
THE SAMARITAN LEPER. 

I. Golden Text: Luke xvii, 17, 18. II. Home Reading: Monday ', 
2 Kings v, 1-7. Tuesday, 2 Kings v, 8-14. Wednesday, 2 Kings v, 15-27. 
Thursday, 2 Kings vii, 1-11. Friday, 2 Kings vii, 12-20. Saturday, 
2 Chron. xxvi, 16-23. Sabbath, Luke xvii, 11-19. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



Jesus, a word, a look from thee, 
Can turn my heart, and make it clean ; 

Purge out the inbred leprosy, 
And save me from my bosom sin. 



Lord, if thou wilt, I do believe 
Thou canst the saving grace impart ; 

Thou canst this instant now forgive, 
And stamp thine image on my heart. 



IV. The Lesson.— Luke xvii, 11-19. 

1. Eecall the lesson of last week. 

2. What cases of leprosy are recorded in the Old Testament. 

3. Can any one give us some account of the modern leprosy as found 
in the East ? 

4. Where was Samaria ? and who were the Samaritans ? 

5. Why did not the nine return to Jesus ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

The Samaritan Leper. Luke xvii, 15, 16. What did Jesus call him in verse 18 ? 
For some facts as to relation of the Jews and Samaritans, etc., see Neh. iv,l-18; John 
iv, 9, 12, 20, 22, 25, 29 ; Luke ix, 52, 53. 

Time : This leper healed about September, A.D. 28.— Strong. 

Lessons: 1. ''Let us not despise the greatest sinners, nor avoid meeting them, 
provided we beware of infection." Gal. vi, 1; James v, 19, 20. 2. From this band of 
ten lepers learn the duties of the sinner: 1) "They all felt and deplored their state. 
2) They did not abandon themselves to despair. 3) They all cried out for mercy. 
4) They applied at the right source." 3. "Where are the nine? Rejoicing in their 
newly found health and forgetting their benefactor. This one a Samaritan. Men of 
whom the least is expected sometimes turn out the boldest confessors of Jesus. Judge 
not what a man will be after conversion by what he is known to have been be- 
fore." 4. The impartiality of Jesus. He healed a Samaritan. 5. What of the 
second blessing received by the Samaritan? See Luke xvii, 19. Was it an additional 
blesssing? 



LESSOR XXXY. 
THE FIVE THOUSAND FED. 

I. Golden Text : Psa. ciii, 2. II. Home Reading : Monday, Exod. 
xvi, 1-8. Tuesday, Exod. xvi, 9-21. Wednesday, Exod. xvi, 22-80. 
Thursday, Matt, xiv, 13-21. Friday, Mark vi, 30-44. Saturday, Luke 
ix, 10-17. Sabbath, John vi, 1-14. 

III. Lesson Hymn. S. M. 



Thee, King of saints, we praise 
For this our living bread ; 

Nourished by thy preserving grace, 
And at thy table fed. 

Yet still a higher seat 
We in thy kingdom claim, 



Who here begin by faith to eat 
The supper of the Lamb. 

That glorious, heavenly prize, 
We surely shall attain, 

And. in the palace of the skies, 
AN ith thee forever reign. 



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IV. Tho Lesson, 
parallel pa Matt, xiv, 16-81 ; Mark vi, 85-44 ; 

Luk< i vi. L— 18. 

•j. Hom does each Evangelist describe the followii : i) The 

time of d ace. 8) The multitude, and b • \ they came to 

be in the ■ e conversation about fee ling the i pie. 

arrangemenl of the people on the ground. 
BJ The distribution. 9) The gathering up of the 
fragments. 

jsay: " Christ 1 8 compassion toward the people, (Mark 
. j and what UUaeTus us." 
4. The practical lessons of the miracle. 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Five thousand. Perhaps residents of eastern Galilee. The caravans on their way 
to the passover at Jerusalem may have increased the multitude. The fame of Jesus 
had extended into all parts of the land. The Apostles had been preaching. Luke 
ix. 10. Even Herod had hoard of him. Matt, xiv, 1, 2, It was impossible for Jesus to 
avoid the curious and eager crowd. There were more than live thousand persons. 
Matt. xiv. 21. "There must have been about ten thousand souls."— Gray. Many 
were sick, all wort- weary. Matt. xiv. 13, 14. 

The five thousand fed. 1. An escape. [By whom? From whom ? Wherefore? 
Whither ?J 2. An eager multitude. Matt, xiv, 13. 3. The compassionate Master. 

4. The evening conversation. Matt, xiv, 15, 16; Mark vi, 35-38; Luke ix, 12-14; John 
vi, 5-9. 5. The supper-table. [What was it? Where? Who surrounded it? How 
many at a table ?J 6. The blessing asked. 7. The meal. [Who were the waiters?] 
7. The fragments gathered. 

"A lad." John vi, 9. A boy finds food for the feeding of five thousand. "The 
poor lad had perhaps complained of having this to carry. He little thought of how 
much use he would be before the day closed." 

By fifties, etc. " Mark adds a graphic touch concerning the manner in which the 
Saviour commanded the multitude to recline on the pasture ground, namely, in ranks, 
(better, by parties or in groups, Greek : Tcpaobnl, irpaatal — areolatim, in square 
garden plats,) by hundreds, and by fifties, (Mark vi, 40 ; Luke ix, 14; by fifties in a 
company.) They probably formed two semicircles, an outer semicircle of thirty hun- 
dred, and an inner semicircle of forty fifties. This was a wise, symmetrical arrange- 
ment, which avoided all confusion, and facilitated an easy and just distribution of the 
food among all classes by the disciples."— Dr. ScJiaff. 

Place. The two feedings did not occur at the same place. The first was probably 
near Bethsaida Julias, on the northeast shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was on the 
broad and beautiful plain of Batiheh or Butaiha.— See "Robinson's Researcliez" 
vol. ii, page 410; also " Thomson 's Land and Book," vol. ii, page 29. He says: 
" From the four narratives of this stupendous miracle we gather, 1. That the place 
belonged to Bethsaida. 2. That it was a desert place. 3. Th it it was near the shore 
of the lake, for they came to it by boat. 4. That there was a mountain close at hand. 

5. That it was a smooth grassy spot, capable of seating many thousand people. Now 
all these requisites are found in this great locality, and nowhere else, so far as I can 
discover." 

Time. "When it was evening. ; ' Matt, xiv, 15. " Bay was now far spent." Mark 
vi. 35. "The day began to wear away." Luke ix, 12. The Jews had two evenings; 
one began at three o'clock P.M., and the other at sunset. "The time is now past" 
for the regular evening meal. Matt, xiv, 15. "Three days." Matt. XV, 32. [That 
these two miracles of feeding occurred in the spring is clear from two considerations: 
1. It was a desert place, and yet there was green grass; this can only occur in the 
early spring in that country. 2. The passover, which is always observed in the spring, 
•' was near at hand." John vi, 4.] 

Lessons : 1 . The Desert Feast : a) provided by the divine power of Christ. 
b) Through his divine compassion, c) For all who needed supply, cl) When human 
skill and resources utterly failed. [" Send the multitude away." Matt, xiv, 15. Man's 
extremity is God's opportunity. Christ hides until the right time his wonderful re- 
sources. "It is not necessary to go away from Jesus for any thing."] e) The feast, 
though in the desert, was conducted in a systematic manner. [The people were seated 
in ranks, or companies of fifties and hundreds.] /) Preceded by "the blessing." 
p) Distributed by the disciples' hands. ["The disciples, who also were hungry and 
weary, were to wait on the rest. As the friends of Jesus they might expect to be the 
first to be cared for."] 2. Our daily meals: a) are from God's providence; b) and 
through his compassion. [But for his constant care, how easily might crops be blight- 
ed, fountains dried up, house- swept ..way by tornadoes, the atmosphere charged 
with deadly poison, and excessive heat or coll expose us to intense suffering, or 
speedily put an end to all animal life.] [.See also notes on the next lesson.] 

* Divide the class into four sections, and let each take one of the Evangelists. In 
this way the comparison will be easy. 



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LESSON XXXVI. 

\ 

THE FOUR THOUSAND FED. 

I. Golden Text: John vi, 35. II. Home Reading: Monday, 
2 Kings iv, 38-44. Tuesday, 1 Cor. xi, 23-26. Wednesday, John vi, 
24-34. Thursday, John vi, 35-47. Friday, John vi, 48-71. Saturday, 
Matt, xv, 30-39. Sabbath, Mark viii, 1-9. 

III. Lesson Hymn. C. M. 



Let every mortal ear attend, 
And every heart rejoice ; 

The trumpet of the Gospel sounds 
With an inviting voice. 



Eternal Wisdom hath prepared 

A soul-reviving feast, 
And bids your longing appetites 

The rich provision taste. 



IV. The Lesson. 

1. Compare parallel passages as in the preceding lesson: Matt, xv, 
29, 30, 32-39 ; xMark viii, 1-9. 

2. Topic for essay : " What to do with the fragments." 

3. What does the Golden Text teach us ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

[See Notes on same lesson " First Year with Jesus," page 40.] 

Four Thousand. The second miracle of feeding. It is thought probable by 
some that this company was made up principally of Gentiles. Jews were fed the first 
time — now the Gentiles. Great multitudes came bringing l> lame, blind, dumb, maimed, 
and many others." Matt, xv, 30. "On the first occasion the people knew him well ; 
while on the second they were ignorant mountaineers from the utmost boundaries of 
the land ; on the first occasion the crowd was preparing to go up to the feast, while on 
the second it was gathered from the mountains.'' — Lange. 

The four thousand fed. 1. Three days in the wilderness. 2. The hungry multi- 
tudes. 3. The Lord's compassion. 4. The disciples' doubt. 5. The Lord's command. 
6. The feast. 7. The fragments. " Twelve baskets full," " Seven baskets full." "This 
shows that the miracle was performed upon the bread and not upon the stomach. 
There was an actual increase of the amount of the material, not a supernatural cessa- 
tion of the appetite under an imaginary or conceptual food."— Dr. Whedon. 

Place. Let us now ascertain where the second miracle of feeding occurred. Jesus 
came from Tyre and Sidon eastward, and "came nigh unto the Sea of Galilee." That 
it was on the east side of the sea is evident from the following considerations: He 
came to Galilee through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. Decapolis was a region 
of country comprising (as the name indicates) ten cities. We find the following refer- 
ences to it in Scripture. Matt, iv, 25; Mark v, 20, and vii, 31. " All the cities of Decap- 
olis, with the single exception of Scythopolis, lay on the east of the Jordan ; and 
both Eusebius and Jerome say that the district was situated 'beyond the Jordan, 
around Hippos, Pella, and Gadara,' that is, to the east and southeast of the Sea of 
Galilee."— Dr. J. L. Porter. That this miracle was not in the small strip of Decapo- 
lis west of the Jordan, but somewhere in the eastern and principal part, appears from 
the following facts : 1. The place was a mountain in the wilderness. 2. The wonder 
of the people at his miracle, and the fact that it is specifically stated that they glorified 
"the God of Israel," suggests the probability that they were not residents of Galilee, 
but Gentile inhabitants beyond the Jordan. 3. After the miracle he took ship and 
came into the coasts of Magdala, which is ;i region west of the sea. It was after 
Christ's excursion into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, and his arrival at the Sea of 
Galilee by way of Decapolis, and just before the feeding of the four thousand, that 
the deaf stammerer was cured. 

Lessons : 1. Learn the duty of invoking Heaven's blessing on every meal. 2. Gather 
up fragments. "With the God of nature, as with nature herself, the most prodigal 
bounty goes hand in hand with the nicest and exactest economy." — Olshausen. 
3. Do not laugh at the lad's portion. It may feed its thousands. 4. Let us in our zeal 
for Christ forget ourselves. "The less the people thought about eating and drinking 
the more did Christ care for their wants." — Hcuhner. 5. " The Bible, so little in 
bulk, like the five barley loaves and the two fishes, what thousands upon thousands 
has it fed and will it feed in every age, in every land of Christendom to the world's 
end."— Dr. Schaffi. Let us seat the people in companies or classes, ask God's bless- 
ing, and then communicate this precious bread of life to them. 



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LESSON XXXVII. 
THE DEAF AND DUMB RESTORED. 

I. Golden Text: Isa. \\i\, 18. II. Home Reading: Monday, Lev. 

way, Isa. xliii, B-18. Wedm &2a v. Luke i, 19-23. 7/, 
-64. Friday, Mark ix. 14-29. Saturday, Mark vii, 81 
Sabbath, Matt, b 

III. Lesson Hymn. C. M. 



Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb, 
Your loosened tongues employ ; 

Ye blind, behold your Saviour come ; 
And leap, ye lame, for joy. 



He speaks,— and, list'ning to his voice, 

New life the dead receive; 
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice; 

The humble poor believe. 

IV. The Lesson: Matt, ix, 32, 33; Mark vii, 31-37. 

1. In the lesson find the following topics : 

1. The Dumb Man. 3. The Deaf Mute. 

2. From Coast to Coast. 4. Sign Language. 

5. The Cure and its Consequences. 

2. Let a scholar draw a map locating the places referred to in the 
lesson. 

3. Topic for paper: u What Christianity is now doing for those un- 
fortunates who are deaf and dumb?'' (Our modern asylums for the 
afflicted are the products of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.) 

4. What three important truths do you draw from the lesson ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Consult Concordance on "Dumb," "Deaf," and "Speech." 

Dumb man possessed with a devil. Matt, ix, 32. This cure was effected in 
Capernaum several months before the one recorded in Mark vii, 32. The presence of 
an evil spirit in this case seemed to cause the dumbness. " The healing of the dumb 
demoniac affords a glimpse into a class of sufferings which are apparently physical 
and organic, but whose seat is really in the soul."— Lange. 

One that was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. Mark vii, 32. 
He was probably present at the feeding of the four thousand. Moyt/.a /mc. Literally, 
one speaking with difficulty. Hebrew word for dumb is so translated in the Septua- 

fint. The man was neither possessed nor diseased. He was "deaf and dumb." 
lark vii, 37. Perhaps, say some, tongue-tied. See verse 35. Some say a stammerer. 
Olshausen renders it "hard of hearing." 

Aside. Why did Jesus take the man aside to perform the cure ? For the patient's 
own good. "Amid the din of popular tumult beneficial impressions could with far 
more difficulty be made."— Olshausen. " This district of Decapoliswas something 
like the region of Tyre and Sidon ; it was not a purely Jewish land. Here it was neces- 
sary, especially in this time of crisis, that He should avoid a publicity which might 
bring together the Gentiles in crowds, excite superstition as much as faith, and create 
in the minds of the Jews a prejudice against him."— Lange. 

Spat and touched his tongue. Why did he perform so many actions, such as 
touching his ears, spitting, etc.y To assist the faith of the persons to be healed? 
Could Christ have attributed healing properties to the spittle ? All these, perhaps, only 
the mediums of conveyance for spiritual power. The sigh was a sigh of pity, say some. 
The looking heavenward was a prayer. "' In this half heathen district, where they 
generally believed in demi-gods and magic, .lesus desired to make more definitely 
prominent his own d -pendence on God the Father." Not being able to hear, the 
deaf man could be taught only by signs. So all these movements of Jesus were helps 
to faith in the case of one who could not hear the word of faith Dr. Adam Clarke, 
refusing all thesi- explanations, interprets the event as follows : "And Jesus took him 
from the multitude ; and (the deaf man) put his fingers into his ears, intimating 
thereby to Christ that they were so stopped that he could not hear; and having spat 
out. that there might be nothing remaining in his mouth to offend the sight when 
Christ should look at his tongue, he touched his tongue, showing to Christ that it waa 
go bound that he could not speak : and he looked up to heaven, as if to implore assist- 
ance from above ; and he groaned, being distressed because of his present affliction, 



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and thus implored relief; for, not being able to speak, he could only groan and look 
up, expressing by these signs, as well as he could, his afflicted state, and the desire he 
had to be relieved. Then Jesus, having compassion upon him, said, ' lie opened,' etc. 
The original will admit of this interpretation ; and this, 1 am inclined to believe, is the 
true meaning of this otherwise (to me and many others) unaccountal • 
3. Why did Christ insist upon secresy? Dr. Whedon very beautifully says: "The 
palace of Herod at Cesarea Philippi was not distant, and mercy and miracle must in 
this guilty world work in secret.' 1 

Lessons : 1. Do not let the faint, spiritual hearing power that God has given you be 
destroyed. 2. Ask Jesus to touch your ear that you may hear distinctly. 3. "What 
you know of spiritual things, tell, for the humble telling of these wonderful things 
gives plainness and power to your speech, and makes others glorify God. 4. "The 
turning of the eyes of Jesus toward heaven should teach us to expect our help from 
thence, and thither to direct our thanksgiving." — Lisco. 5. To keep our tongues 
limbered for talk about God, we must talk much with him, and listen daily to what lie 
is saying in nature, revelation, and providence. 

[See also the notes on Lesson XXXVIII.] 



LESSOR XXXVIII. 
THE DUMB SPIRIT CAST OUT. 

I. Golden Text : Mark ix, 23. II. Home Reading : Monday, 1 Sam. 
xvi, 14-23. Tuesday, 1 Sam. xviii, 5-16. Wednesday, Eph. vi, 10-18. 
Thursday, Mark v, 1-18. Friday, Matt, xvii, 14r-21. Saturday, Mark 
ix, 17-29. Sablath, Luke ix, 37-42. 

III. Lesson Hymn. S. M. 



Angels our march oppose, 
Who still in strength excel— 

Our secret, sworn, eternal foes, 
Countless, invisible ; 

From thrones of glory driven, 
By flaming vengeance hurled, 



They throng the air, and darken heaven. 
And rule this lower world. 

By all hell's host withstood, 

"We all hell's host o'erthrow; 
And, conqringthem through Jesus' blood. 

We on to conquer go. 



IV. The Lesson. 

1. Compare by class-sections the parallel passages : Matt, xvii, 14-21 ; 
Mark ix, 17-29 ; Luke ix, 37-42. 

2. What evidence have we in the Bible that evil spirits tempt, pos- 
sess, and torment men ? 

3. How may we cast out and conquer evil spirits now ? 

4. What are we taught in John viii, 44 ; 1 Tim. iv, 1 ; James iv, 7 ; 
1 Peter v, 8, 9 ? 

5. Topic for essay : " The Victory of Faith." 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Fasting. Matt, xvii, 21. "A wise and religious exercise of fastings ana other 
acts of severity and self-denial cuts off the luxuriances of nature : they take away the 
matter which the tempter's suggestions work upon; they put us in a better con.iition 
of standing our ground, and gaining the fort within, by starving out the enemy's forces 
that lie intrenched there."' — Dean Stanhope. 

In the case of the possessed child notice " many kinds of impotence, and the 
one divine power. 1. Inability : a) of the child — a miserable possession ; b) of the 
people— a stupid prejudice ; c) of the scribes— impotence of malice disguised under 
wise phrases; d) of the disciples — occasioned by want of self-government and collect- 
edness of spirit; e) of those who sought help— enabled to believe. 2. The almighty 
power of the Lord: punishing all the impotence of malignity, and confirming all the 
impotence of sincere infirmity." 

Christ is the Restorer. Whatever is abnormal he comes to correct. With eyes 
a man should see. If he has a tongue he should speak. If he has ears, let him hear. 
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of the body. By sin evil spirits get possession of men, By sin roan holds man m rab 
lection and servitude: though he has ears, tyranny says *Thou Bhal! not bear; 11 
though he has a tongue, tyranny says, M Thou shalt not Bpeak." Christ comes to re- 
man's true power and prerogatives. H<' heals malformation, strengthens weak 
banishes disease, casts out deaf and dumb devils, breaks the master's power 
over the slave, and bids free men think, speak, act for themseh es In God's Bight. 

sin begeta spiritual Deafne«s. God Bpeaks In nature; we <i<> not hear him. 
There are spiritual harmonies in this universe. They are only discords (<> us. Grod 
calls us to repentance, holiness, Belf-sacriflcing labor and immortal life. Hut we go 

on. our oars Stopped all the time. 

Deafness begeta Dumbness. The child that never hears never speaks, lie 

who lias novel- listened to God, nor known the enjoyments of a spiritual life, does not 

know how to talk about the things of God, How helpless are the deaf and dumb! 
What a sad helplessness ! and it is hopeless helplessness ! who can cause the spirit- 
ually deaf to hear, or the dumb to sing? Look to Jesus ! 



LESSON XXXIX. 
THE WITHERED FIG TREE. 

I. Golden Text : Mark xi, 24. II. Home Reading : Monday, Lam. 
i, 1-7. Tuesday, Lam. ii, 13-19. Wednesday, Lam. v, 14-22. Thurs- 
day, Matt, xxiii, 34-39. Friday, Matt, xxi, 28-32. Saturday, Matt. 
xxi, 18-22. Sabbath, Mark xi, 12-14, 20-24. 

III. Lesson Hymn. 8 lines 8s. 



My solemn engagements are vain ; 

My promises empty as air ; 
My vows I shall break them again, 

And plunge in eternal despair : 



Unless my omnipotent God 
The sense of his goodness impart. 

And shed, by his Spirit, abroad 
The love of himself in my heart. 



IV. The Lesson. 

1. Examine Matt, xxi, 17-22 ; Mark xi, 20-24. 

2. Bead this outline and answer the questions : 1) Jesus lodges in 
Bethany. 2) Next morning returns to the city and is hungry. 3) See- 
ing a fig tree afar off in the way having leaves, he came, if haply 

he might find any thing thereon. . . .found nothing but leaves, for the 
time of figs was not yet. 4) What did he say to the tree? Examine 
Matthew and Mark. 5) "4-nd presently the fig tree withered away." 
6 ) The next morning; as thev passed by they saw the fig tree dried up 
from the roots. 7) What did Peter say ? See Mark. 8) What did the 
other disciples say ? See Matthew. 9) The reply of Jesus. Matt, xxi, 
21, 22 ; Mark xi, 22-24. 

3. For Bible references to figs, etc., see " First Year with Jesus, 
Third Grade," page 43. 

4. Draw lessons from each verse. 

5. Topic for essay : " Nothing but Leaves." 

V. Condensed Notes. 

If haply. Mark xi, 13. If he might happen to find. Nothing but leaves 

for the time of figs was not yet. Mark xi, 13. This mountain, Be thou removed, etc. 
The conviction of the utility and of the Divine approval of such a feat would be neces- 
sary to one's having faith and doubting not. If sucli miracle was necessary it could 
be wrought. No physical barrier can resist the power of a divinely-grounded and iu- 
i faith. A miracle of destruction seems so contrary to the general spirit and 
work of Jesus that many have hesitated to accept this account. Why should Jesus be 
hungry at that time? It was probably early in the morning, and before breakfast. 
" The Jews had generally two meals a day: one in the morning, between the third and 



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sixth hours, (between nine and twelve o'clock,) and the other, their principal meal, 
about ttie eleventh hour, (five o'clock P.M..) in the cool of the (lay."— Angus. 

l^essons: 1. The Qospel, though a dispensation of mercy, has its warn ngs 
retri. anions. Jesus, who blessed the penitent, and humble, cursed the incorrigible 
and proud. The prediction of "everlasting punishment," as well as the promts 
"eternal life," .ell fivm his lips. The same power that restored the withered arm 
withered the living tree. Christ is the stone to build upon, or, rejected, is the stone 
- indeth to powder. '2. The tree, having received life and support from the air, 
the sun, the soil. might reasonably be expected to yield some fruit. "Nothing but 
leaves." No fruit of the last winter (," which came to maturity only after the leaves 
were gone, and would hang through a mild winter into the spring''; this spring re- 
mained. Perhaps, indeed, it had borne no fruit last season. And no unripened fruit 
now hung upon the tree to be ready for use when the "time of figs'' should come. 
M Nothing but leaves." The curse of Christ fell upon it. Did he mean this to be a les- 
son concerning the Jews? Their old dispensation was passing, and no fruit from it 
was to be found. The new dispensation had come, and no promise of fruit was found. 
And the "woe" of the Master fell on Jerusalem. 3. The power of faith. 'WheD for 
spiritual ends a given work upon material things is needed, God's power is able to do 
that work— to open a broad avenue through the sea, smite a living river from the 
rock, or rain bread from heaven. If necessary, a mountain may be removed. So all 
great temporal and spiritual obstacles which rise like massive mountains may be re- 
moved by simple faith. Mountains of sin, mountains of opposition, mountains of dis- 
tress and misfortune have often been removed by faith. "Let us learn, 1. To be 
thankful that we are fruit trees, not thistles. 2. To be anxious to be fruitful fruit 
trees. 3. The fruits sought are the fruits of the Spirit, (Gal. v, 22 ; Eph. v, y.) 4. It is 
time for fruit directly the leaves begin to spring. With us, now."— Gray. 



LESSOR XL. 
THE STORM ALLAYED. 

I. Golden Text : Psa, cvii, 28-30. II. Home Reading : Monday, 
Exod. xiv. Tuesday, Josh. iii. Wednesday, Psa. cvi, 1-1 2. Thursday, 
Psa. cvii, 21-30. Friday, Matt, viii, 23-27. Saturday, Mark iv, 35-41. 
Sabbath, Luke viii, 22-25. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



Roar on, ye waves ; our souls defy 
Your roaring to disturb our rest; 

In vain to' impair the calm ye try— 
The calm in a believer's breast. 



Rage, while our faith the Saviour tries, 
Thou sea, the servant of his will ; 

Rise, while our God permits thee, rise. 
But fall when he shall say,— Be still. 



IV. The Lesson. 

1. Parallel passages : Matt, viii, 23-27 ; Mark iv, 35-41 ; Luke viii, 
22-25. 

2. By this Scripture explain fully the following topics : 

1. The Sacred Fleet. 3. The Stormy Sea. 

2. The Sacred Sleep. 4. The Sleeper Roused. 

5. The Sea at Rest. 

3. "Which are the three most important truths to be drawn from this 
lesson ? 

4. Read from some traveler an account of the Sea of Galilee. 

5. Eecitethe Golden Text: 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Sea of Galilee, now called BaTir Tabwiych. A beautiful sheet of water, oval 
in form, fourteen miles long and about seven wide. Depressed between six and seven 
hundred feet below the level of the Mediterranean. There were nine cities •: 
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offish. Fishing boats, lame and email, ptoaiore boot* and perhapi regular paw 
boats, were on the lake. Mark Bays thai Jesus was in a ship, [Greek, ~'/ju< : >a and 
there were also with him other little ships, [Greek, frAotov.] 
Asleep. Compare Jonah I, I 6. "Jonah Blept in the Btorm from a from 

, . conscience. The Prophet's presence made the danger; Christ's* as the Burety 
for deliverance." 
V great calm. "The calm was great from the completeness of the Btillness; and 
from the contrast with the previous storm; and great as the product of a won- 
derful power." — 1) , . , 
The Lessons: 1. The ship— the State, the Church, the family, the soul, In which 
Chrisl abides, is ever secure In spite of all exposure. 2. Want of faith begets fear, 
solicitude, despondency, and fault-finding. "Carest thou not?" etc. 8. What 
s contrast between the terror of the disciples and the calmness of Christ. *Theap- 
mce of Christ in earthly tumult: l. He lets it rage, a) as if without measui ; 
)>) without concern ; <■) without remedy. 2. lie >tills it, a) the stormy world; l>) the 
stormy lite; c) the stormy heart."— Oeraessen. 4. Though Christ was not aroused by 

the Wllduess of the storm, he was prompt to hear the cry of distress from his disciples. 
" It is a matter of common remark that one who goes to his night's rest charged with 
a purpose to rise at some given signal, or at some fixed hour, will catch the faintest 
notification, and will almost notify liimsell by a kind of instinctive judgment or sense 
of time kept ready for the spring, even in his unconscious state. So Christ, whose love 
:.ly and full charged to catch the faintest note of human distress, sleeps on 
through all the commotion of the elements undisturbed; but the faint cry of panic, 
'Lord, save us or we perish,' louder to him than all the tumult of the sky and the 
waters, strikes his inward ear, and brings him straightway to his feet."— Dr. BushneU. 
5. In the voyage of life let us carry Jesus with us. 6. In danger come to Jesus for 
help, but come with confidence and calmness. 7. Let us follow Christ by promptly 
heeding the calls of our fellow-men for sympathy and aid. 

How pleasant to me thy deep blue wave, 
Sea of Galilee ! 

For the glorious One who came to save 
Hath often stood by thee.— M ' Cheyne. 



LESSOR XLI. 
JESUS WALKING ON THE SEA. 



I. Golden Text : Matt, xiv, 26, 27. II. Home Reading : Monday, 
Gen. vi, 12-22. Tuesday, Gen. vii. Wednesday, Gen. viii. Thursday, 
Dan. iii, 19-30. Friday, Matt, xiv, 22-33. Saturday, Mark vi, 45-52. 
Sabbath, John vi, 15-21. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



Once on the raging seas I rode ; 

The storm was loud, the night was dark ; 
The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed 

The wind that tossed my found'ring bark. 
Deep horror then my vitals froze; 

Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem; 
When suddenly a star arose— 

It was the star of Bethlehem. 



It was my guide, my light, my all ; 

It bade my dark foreboding cease ; 
And,through the storm and danger's thrall 

It led me to the port of peace. 
Now, safely moored, my perils o'er, 

I'll sing, first in night's diadem. 
Forever, and for evermore, 

The Star !— the Star of Bethlehem ! 



IV. The Lesson. 

1. Parallel passages. Matt, xvi, 22-33; Mark vi, 45-52; John vi, 
15-21. 

2. Where was Jesus at the time this lesson commenced ? 

3. "Where were the disciples V 

4. Why did he send them away ? 

5. Examine the descriptions of the storm as given by Matthew, 
Mark, and John. 

6. Give the conversation that occurred between Jesus and the disci- 
ples and between Jesus and Peter. 

7. What do you learn from this lesson? 



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V. Condensed Notes. 

Fourth Watch. There were four watches : First, the evening watch, from twi- 
light to 9; second, the midnight watch, from <J to 12; third, the cockcrowing, from 12 
to 3; fourth, the morning watch, from 3 to 0. 

Lessons: 1. Christ came from prayer on the mountain to Ins majestic walk on the 
stormy sea. " From the mountain of prayer did the great Captain of humanity con- 
duct all his wars and gain all his conquests."— Lang e. " While the disciples were 
tossed with waves Jesus was praying. In trouhle let us remember that he ever liveth 
to make intercession."— Gray. 2. Let us be found often on the mountain of prayer. 
It is a place of power. 3. How sweet the voice of the Master in hours of fear and 
danger, "It is I, be not afraid." 4. Let us not, like Peter, be too eager to do won* 
dei-Jul things, lest faith be not equal to ambition. We may find ourselves cowards 
when we thought to be heroes. 5. In all failure let us cling to Christ. " The Lord 
save, or I perish," of the penitent soul is the cable that binds it to God. See Sermon 
Outline No. XIV. Fletcher's Works, vol. iv, page 203. 



LESSOR XLII. 
THE DEMONIAC OF GADARA. 

I. Golden Text: Luke viii, 35. II. Home Reading": Monday, 
1 Sam. xxviii, 1-14. Tuesday, 1 Sam. xxviii, 15-25 ; xxxi, 1-6. Wed- 
nesday, Luke viii, 26-33. Thursday, Luke viii, 34-40. Friday, Mark 
v, 1-14. Saturday, Mark v, 15-20. Sabbath, Matt, viii, 28-34. 

III. Lesson Hymn. C. M. 



Jesus, the name high over all, 
In hell, or earth, or sky; 

Angels and men before it fall, 
And devils fear and fly. 

Jesus, the name to sinners dear, — 
The name to sinners given ; 



It scatters all their guilty fear ; 
It turns their hell to heaven. 

Jesus the prisoner's fetters breaks. 

And bruises Satan's head ; 
Power into strengthless souls he speaks, 

And life into the dead. 



IV. The Lesson. 

1. Compare the accounts in Matt, viii, 28-34 ; Mark v, 1-20 ; Lnke 
viii, 26-39, in reference to the following facts : 1) The eastward voyage. 
2) The fierce demoniac. 3) Two strange questions. 4) The distant 
herd. 5) The demons' request. 6) The slaughter of swine. 7) The 
terror and entreaty of the people. 

2. What lessons do you draw ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

A certain man which had devils. This was not a disease only, as some as- 
sert. The Bible asserts the existence of devils, evil spirits, bad angels, demons, emis- 
saries of Satan, etc. Matt, xxv, 41; Rev. xii, 7-9; John viii, 44. They were intelli- 
gent, recognizing and fearing Christ, Matt, viii, 29; occupying the bodies of men, 
sometimes more than one taking possession of an individual, Luke viii, 2; coming out 
at the Master's command; entering into swine; causing divers bodily ailments, such 
as dumbness, Matt, ix, 32; epilepsy, Mark ix, 17-27 ; blindness, Matt, xii, 22; insanity. 
Matt, viii, 28, etc. Examine the accounts by Matthew. Mark, and Luke of the Gada- 
rene demoniacs. Which evangelists describe but one of them ? My name is legiou, 
"A legion in the Roman army was a division embracing 6.000 men." They that 
fed the swine. Mark v, 14. The use of pork was prohibited among the Jews. Lev. 
xi, 7; Deut. xiv, 8. It was considered unclean and unhealthy, inducing cutaneous 
diseases. Therefore, whether the Jews kept these swine, or the Gentile Gadarenes for 
the Jewish market, the law was violated, and the health of the community endan- 
gered. This justifies the act of destruction permitted by Christ. A modern physician 
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in b.»th hemisphere* is a scientific Indorsement <>f the wisdom of these Levitical enact- 
ments. There is a parasitic worm trichina spiralis round In the muscles of hoos. 
'• Prof, Owen, of England, whs the first to describe it in the muscles of man ...Half a 

pound of moat, as in fort ft I a-> it has been found, and which may be eaten at one meal, 
may 'm a few days Rive rise to BQ,UO0,C00 of the trichina to prej on the mucous mem- 
brane, and burrow through the muscles. ...Dr. Mueller, of Hamburg, thinks that many 
epidem cs of tl>o so-called typhus fever of former times may hai e been but cases <>r the 

trlchiaal disease I whole family sickened in Now fork In the winter of 1864, and 

one diod. after eating of a raw smoked ham. Trichinae were found In it by three phy- 
sicians, and Dr. Dalton computed then- number to be 85,000 in the cubic Inch."— Di*. 
/ in Zion's Herald. On the subject of the destruction of swine. Bee Aljbrd. 

Country of the Uadareiuvs. Mark v. 1. Gergesenes. .Matt. viii, :K On the 
other side of the sea ovsr against Galilee. Luke viii, 26. I For Interesting facta about 
this region see notes on " First Year with .losns. Third Grade." page 16. 1 

Lemons: 1. The existence of evil spirits or devils. ~. Tneirpower overthe bod- 
ies and sonls of men. 3. Christ able to subdue them. 4. Tney recognized and 
feared him. 5. The glorious power of grace that can so change the condition of a 
man from that fierce, uncontrollable, demoniacal frenzy to the calmness, snhmissive- 
ness, and sweet propriety of discipleship. 6. The (ladarenes regarded him who dam- 
aged their property as a dangerous resident, even though he restored manhood to the 
oppressed and degraded ; so they bade him depart. The world has since then seen 
the like, 1 think. 7. The healed man wanted to leave the land and follow Jesus. 
Mark v, 18-20. But Jesus, who was not permitted to remain, left him there to be a 
preacher ami monument of the new grace. 8. The failure of the best human schemes 
for the cure of sin should drive us all to Jesus. He alone can subdue the depravity 
of earth and establish among men the kingdom of God. See article Demoniac, 
M'Clintock & Strong's Cyclopaedia. 



LESSON" XLIIL 
THE GREEK WOMAN OF CANAAN. 



I. Golden Text : Matt, xv, 28. II. Home Reading : Monday, Acts 
xvi, 16-24. Tuesday, Acts xix, 11-20. Wednesday, Rev. xii, 7-11. 
Thursday, Matt, iv, 1-11. Friday, Isa. viii, 19-22. Saturday, Matt. 
xv, 21-28. Sabbath, Mark viv 24-30. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



God of my life, to thee I call ; 
Afflicted, at thy feet I fall ; 
When the great water-floods,prevail, 
Leave not my trembling heart to fail. 

Friend of the friendless and the faint, 
Where should I lodge my deep complaint ? 
Where— but with thee, whose open door 
Invites the helpless and the poor? 



Did ever mourner plead with thee, 
And thou refuse that mourner's plea? 
Does not the promise still remain, 
That none shall seek thy face in vain ? 

Poor I may be — despised, forgot, 
Yet God, my God, forgets me not; 
And he is safe, and must succeed, 
For whom the Saviour deigns to plead- 



IV. The Lesson. 

1. Compare the accounts in Matt, xv, 21-28, 
and Mark vii, 24-30, in reference to the follow- 
ing facts: 1) Christ in Syrophenicia. 2) A 
woman's plea for her afflicted child. 3) The 
silent Saviour. 4) The disciples' repulse. 
5) The repeated plea. 6) The chilling argu- 
ment of the Master. 7) The fervid, eloquent, 
believing reply of the mother. 8. The triumph 
of faith. 

2. Let a scholar give some account of Phe- 
nicia. 

3. Why did Jesus treat the woman as he did 
at first? [Give written answers.] 

4. What does the Golden Text teach? 



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V. Condensed Notes. 

Woman of Canaan. Matt, xv, 22. Creek, Suroj Mark vii, I 

descendant of the ancient Canaanites, or original Pnenicians, now living in the part 
of Syria anciently called Phenicia. She spoke Greek, the language of the people thru 
dwelling there, or else she whs a Gentile, and called a Greek to distinguish her from 
a Jew. 

Canaan means the lowland. Sometimes applied to the whole region west of the 
Jordan. Num. xiii, 99. Again to the maritime plain skirting the mediterranean 
and west of the mountains of Galilee and Samaria. The Sidonians were descendants 
of Canaan, the fourth son of Ham. 

Lessons: The power of persevering, humble faith. Jesus read in that mother's 
heart all the fullness and the might of her faith. He determined by silence first, then 
by the mistaken sectarian zeal of his disciples, and lastly by the use of a strong Jewish 
argument, and a figure by which the Jews insulted every Gentile, to bring out before 
all the world an example of invincible faith. The Master's answer, " Great is thy 
faith," rests on that Syrophenician brow as a fadeless crown. " From the very word 
(dog) which seemed to make most against her, with the ready wit of faith, she drew 
an argument in her own favor."— Trench. 



LESSOR XLIV. 
THE RAISING OF JAIRUS' DAUGHTER. 

I. Golden Text : Mark v, 38, 39. II. Home Reading : Monday, 
Matt, ix, 18-22. Tuesday, Matt, ix, 23-26. Wednesday, Mark v, 22-34. 
Thursday, Mark v, 35-43. Friday, Matt, xxviii, 1-8. Saturday, 1 Cor. 
xv, 53-58. Sabbath, Luke viii, 41-56. 

III. Lesson Hymn. C. M. 

Behold, what heavenly prophets sung j Let Faith exalt her joyful voice, 
Is now at last fulfilled ; And now in triumph sing :— 

And death yields up his ancient reign, Grave, where is thy victory? 

And, vanquished, quits the field. > And where, Death, thy sting? 

IV. The Lesson. 

1. Examine Matt, ix, 18, 19, 23-26 ; Mark v, 22-24, 35-43 ; Luke viii, 
41, 42, 49-56. 

2. What manners and customs unusual in these days are referred to 
in the lesson ? 

3. Let a scholar read Willis' beautiful poem on this miracle. 

4. What do we learn from the earnestness of the father, the reproof 
Jesus gave the minstrels, and the fact that he took so few with him into 
the room of the dead girl? 

5. What lessons do you gather from the Golden Text ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Ruler of the synagogue. Mark v. 22. "Every synagogue had its president, who 
superintended and directed the services. The ruler of the synagogue was at the same 
time the president of its college of elders/'— Lange. " There were four classes of offi- 
cers in a synagogue : 1. The ruler, or president. 2. The elders, (like our modern 
trustees.) 3. The delegate, or representative of the Church, appointed to lead the 
devotional exercises, corresponding somewhat to the modern preacher, reader, or 
leader. 4. The minister, as he is called in Luke iv, 20, but properly the servant or 
Bexton ."-^Whedon. 

Minstrels. Matt, ix, 23. Consult Jer. ix. 17-21 ; xvi, 5-7 : xlviii. 36: Amos v, 1R. 
See notes of Albert Barnes on Matt, ix, 23. Mr. Wesley says : " Musical instruments 
were used by the Jews as well as the heathen in their lamentations for the dend. to 
soothe the melancholy of surviving friends by soft and solemn notes, and there were 
persons who made it their business to perform this while others sung to their music. 
Flutes were used especially on the death of children ; louder instruments on the death 
of grown persons." 



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Even now d<*n«l. "Lake and Mark make the ruler say th&tsht is dying: 

Matthew makes him sa no dead. He may, in hla Im 

fiortunity, have -aid all three. In finally Baying thai Bhe was dead, he may, in hla 
ive overstated, or maj have fell thai her death would occur before 
g could arrive. Or. finally, Matthew may have substantial^ condensed the 
statements of the ruler ami the mess< m ■• rs from home into one."- Dr. Wftcdon. 

"Tallinn cnml»" in Syro Chaldee pronounced " teleethaw-Jcoo-me." '" Talithal 
in the ordinary dialect ofthe people, is a word of endearment addressed to a young 
maiden, so that the \. >rds are equivalent t<> 'Come, my child.*"- Alford. 
Lessons: 1. Christianity the great leveler of society. The Jews hated the publl- 
. i»ut *' the ruler of the synagogue must goto the house of the publican to find Tin- 
Lord." 'Z, The rneagerness otthe messenger's faith " 'W by troubles! thou." etc Mark 
3. The faith Ofthe father assured by the Saviour. Mark v. ::c. : Luke vlii, 60. 
If we use our faith, even though it is feeble, Chrisl will honor and increase It ■ I. Unbe- 
lief laughs to scorn the glorious doctrines of the Gospel. Matt. i\. 24. 5. Such unbelief 
Is not permitted to enjoy or witness the miracles of the Lord. Matt, ix, 2">. 6. From 
the divine ami heavenly stand-point death is only sleep. Matt. ix. lm. "Why do ye 
mourn, ye parents, over the departure of your children? Jesus will one day lay his 
mighty band upon them, raise them, and give them hack to you."— Nof>(l. Bib. Tub. 
p is death's younger brother, and so like him that I never dare trust him without 
my prayer." — Sir Thomas Browne. 7. Learn from the anxious father that in our 
need we should come to Christ, to him alone, \vh\if<t ith, in deep humility, and with 
intense earnestness. 8. We should bring our children, dead in sin, to Christ. 
9. We may look forward with hope for the resurrection unto eternal life. Christ has 
proved his power and given his pledge. See Robertson's Sermon on this subject, 
vol. ii, page 00. 



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LESSOR XLY. 
THE RESURRECTION AT NAIN. 

I. Golden Text: John v, 28, 29. II. Home Reading: Monday, 
2 Kings iv, 18-26. Tuesday, 2 Kings iv, 27-37. Wednesday, John v, 
1-16. Thursday, John v, 17-23. Friday, John v, 24-29. Saturday, 
Acts Lx, 1-22. Sabbath, Luke vii, 11-17. 

III. Lesson Hymn. CM. 



When the last trumpet's awful voice 

This rending earth shall shake- 
When opening graves shall yield their charge, 
And dust to life awake, — 



Those bodies that corrupted fell 

Shall incorrupt arise, 
And mortal forms shall spring to life 

Immortal in the skies. 



IV. The Lesson: Luke vii, 11-17. 

1. Read the lesson. 

2. Eecite the Golden Text. 

3. Analyze by asking: What persons, places, times, actions are re- 
corded ? What difficulties in fact or expression occur ? What doctrines 
and duties are taught ? 

4. Topic for paper : " The Lonely Heart Comforted." 

5. Had this young man brothers or sisters? What reason have we 
for thinking that the widow was much respected in Nam ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

IVain. Luke vii. Nain, in Hebrew, signifies "pleasant" or "the lovely," now 
called Nein hy the Arabs. It is situated in the northwestern slopes of Jebel ed-Duby, 
or little Ilermon. It is twenty-five miles from Capernaum, (Tell Hum,) seven miles 
from Nazareth, sixty-two from Jerusalem. Was Nain a walled city? How do we 
know that!-' In what parts of Nain do we first find Christ? "One entrance alone 
could Nain have had— that which opens on the rough hill-side in its downward slope to 
the plain."— Stanley. " Here on the west Bide of the village the rock is full of sepul- 
chral caves."— SniUJi . " Sepulchera were, as they still are in the Kast, situated within 
the precincts of cities. Among the Jews, in case of Levitical cities, the distance re- 
quired to be two hundred cubits, and in all it was considerable. Nobody was allowed 
buried within the walls, Jerusalem forming the only exception, and even there 
the privilege was reserved for the royal family of David, and a few persons of exalted 
character." — Bier. Luke vii, 14. Latin, loculu»>,& little place, a coffin, a bier; 

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Greek, soros, an urn, coffer, coffin; any sepulcher for a dead body or its ashes; a 
mourning-chest, or an open coffin. But the most common mode of carrying a corpse 
to the grave was on a bier or bed\ (2 Sam. iii. ;;i,> which in Borne cast b mast have been 

famished in a costly and elegant siyle The birr, however, in use among the common 

and meaner sort of people was nothing but a plain wooden board, on which, supported 
by two poles, the body lay concealed only by a slight coverlet from the view of the 
attendants.'" — htm i von . 

Lessons: 1. The Saviour, though uninvited, comes to tins world of death, be- 
reavement, and distress. 2. He is full of compassion. Drawn as by a magnet to this 
place of sorrow. 3. He is all-powerful; able to gladden a mother's heart by the 
resurrection, or, what is far better, by the conversion of her children. 4. While 
Christ had compassion for the widow, he undoubtedly felt interested in the character 
and destiny of the young man. 5. The coming of Christianity into the world turns 
many a place of grief into a scene of gladness. Main means " lovely." It was a beau- 
tiful place. That day it was a place of mourning. The Kolden sunset seemed to mock 
the widow's grief. How " pleasant" the place, and how glorious the evenimr, after 

Jesus had spoken words of life " The dawn of eternity breaking over the gate of 

Nain."— Oosterzee. 6. Remember that death comes to the most pleasant places in 
the world ; to the youthful and strong, and often to the one who seems most essential 
to another's joy. 7. Sympathize with the bereaved. Jesus came all the way from 
Capernaum to Nain (twenty-five miles) to give life to the dead, and thus restore joy 
to the mother. If we cannot speak the life-restoring word, we may repeat the word 
of divine consolation. 8. When bereaved, or otherwise afflicted, remember that 
Jesus is still a compassionate Saviour. Though he may not restore our departed, yet 
he will take them to himself, and give us comfort. 9. Have faith in the unlimited 
power of Jesus. Can he not raise thy dead and guilty soul to spiritual life, who 
could set the heart of one, stone dead, to beating again ? Read Rev. i, 18. 

On modern Oriental funerals see Newman's From Dan to Beersheba, page 99. 



LESSOR" XLVI 
JESUS WITH THE BEREAVED AT BETHANY. 

I. Golden Text : John xi, 25, 26. II. Home Reading : Monday, 
Gen. iv, 1-15. Tuesday, Gen. xxxvii, 29-35. Wednesday, Gen. xlvi, 
27-30. Thursday, Luke x, 38-42. Friday, John xi, 1-10. Saturday, 
John xi, 11-27. Sabbath, John xi, 28-36. 

III. Lesson Hymn. S. M. 



Did Christ o'er sinners weep, 
And shall our cheeks be dry ? 

Let floods of penitential grief 
Burst forth from every eye. 

The Son of God in tears 
The wond'riug angels see ; 



Be thou astonished, my soul; 
He shed those tears for thee. 

He wept that we might weep ; 

Each sin demands a tear; 
In heaven alone no sin is found, 

And there's no weeping there. 



IV. The Lesson: John xi, 20-29, 32-36. 

1. Examine the lesson by the following outline. [Let a scholar read 
the topic ; another scholar may announce the verse illustrating it, and 
the rest refer to and read the verse.] 1. Antecedent : a) Jesus beyond 
Jordan. John x, 40. b) The message. John xi, 3. c) The tarrying 
Saviour. John xi, 4-16. 2. Order of Lesson : a) His return to Bethany. 
Verses 17-19. b) Meets Martha. 20-27. c) Martha returns to Mary. 28. 
d) Mary comes to Jesus. 29-32. " She goeth unto the grave," said the 
Jews, " to weep there." 31. e) The prostrate and weeping Mary. 32, 33. 
f) The troubled and weeping Saviour. 33-35. 

2. Why did Jesus weep ? 

3. What does the fact teach us ? 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Lazarus. John xi, 1. A contraction of Eleazer. Hebrew : Whom God Kelp*, laz- 
aretto, the hospital for the poor, common in Southern Europe, is a name derived from 
the Lazarus of Luke xvi. 



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Iiethahnra. John \. John \i. Bethnbara on the east of Jot 

dan was perhaps aboul eight miles ho; Jericho is aboul fouj 

ins • 
Hethany. it is fifteen furlonga from Jerusalem, on the eastern slope of 01 

\i. I. Greek, i measure of distance containing GOO Greek feet, or 625 

m feet, equii irda Knglish. The Roman mile contained 

Rt biii8oiu \ Koman mile was 142 yards less than the English Btatute 
i 8tad - man mile thai a furlong does to the 

ish mile. The \\ « rd Bethanj signittes Hown qf Dates, probably so called from its 
palm trees. It is several times mentioned in the Gospel history. Matt. 
xxvl, 6; 1 ' 50, 

Time. 1. rhe raising of Lazarus occurred some time during the last six months of 
-:'- life. _. He remained two days beyond Jordan after hearing of the slckm 
hn xi, 6. o. He arrived in Bethany four days after Lazarus 1 deal h. \ 

•timing. "Mourning among the Jews lasted about thirty days— the first three 

ere termed days of weeping; then followed seven of lamentation, it appears 

that it was the custom for the nearest relatives of the deceased to go at times during 

the three (lays of weeping, accompanied by their friends and neighbors, to mourn near 

the graves of the deceased. They supposed that the spirit hovered about the place 
where the body was laid for three days, to see whether it might be permitted again to 
enter; but when they saw the face change they knew that all hope was past. It was 
on this ground that the seven days of lamentation succeeded the three days of weep- 
ing, because all hope was taken away." 
[For practical teachings see notes on the next lesson.] 



T^ESSO^ XLVII. 
THE RAISING OF LAZARUS. 

I. Golden Text: Psalm lxxiii, 25, 26. II. Home Reading: Monday, 
Psalm lxxiii. Tuesday, Psalm xc. Wednesday, Psalm xci. Thursday, 
Matt, ix, 18-26. Friday, Luke vii, 11-17. Saturday, John xii, 1-11. 
Sabbath, John xi, 37-46. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



Shall man, God of light and life, 
Forever molder in the grave ? 

Canst thou forget thy glorious work, 
Thy promise, and thy power, to save ? 

Cease— cease, ye vain, desponding fears; 
"When Christ, our Lord, from darkness 
sprang, 



Death, the last foe, was captive led, 
And heaven with praise and wonder 
rang. 

Faith sees the bright, eternal doors 
Unfold, to make his children way ; 

They shall be clothed with endless life, 
And shine in everlasting day. 



IV. The Lesson: John xi, 37-46. 

1. Review Lesson XLVI. 

2. Study as in the previous lesson this outline : 1. The remarks of 
the Jews, 36, 37. 2. Christ at the grave, 38. a) The command, 39. 
b) The remark of Martha, 39. c) The reply of Jesus, 40. d) The stone 
removed, 41. e) The thanksgiving of Jesus, 41, 42. f) The second 
command, 43. g) The living Lazarus, 44. Often every limb was 
bound separately with narrow strips of linen. Hence Lazarus could 
u come forth." The napkin was a cloth around his forehead, h) The 
effect of the miracle, 45, 46. 

3. What is the principal lesson taught by the raising of Lazarus ? 

4. Eecite and draw lessons from the Golden Text. 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Lessons: 1. The tender, sympathetic nature of Jesus. Did he weep for love of 
Lazarus simply, or pity Tor the Bisters, or fcrief at the unbelief of the Jews? "The 
object of his. Borrow was not so much the Bingl • instance of the death of Lazarus as it 
was death and its horrors in general, as the wages of sin, in the power of which Laz- 
arus was held after his resurrection, so that he twice tasted death. The Spirit of 



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Christ always comprehended the whole extent of everything presented to view. and 
hence the grief occasioned by a Bingle case brought before him the entire ran-';- of the 
calamity, and t he contemplation of this furnished abundant reason why the Lord 
should with perfect sincerity participate in the Borrow of those around him, because 
the general Buffering was by no means removed in the isolated circumstance of the 
awakening of Lazarus."— Olshauxen. 2. The perfect power of Jesus over nature. 
Easy, is it, to raise a girl from her bed? Easy, is it, to raise a youth from his bier? 
Lo ! the man /our days dead comes forth at his mandate ! Nay. a little later, though 
crucified and buried himself, he comes forth a perfect victor, to die no more ! 3. The 
doctrine of an after-life fully established by the Gospel history. 4. The providence 
of God, though mysterious, always hides some blessing in its hidden folds. Though 
Jesus delayed in Bethabara when he knows he is needed in Bethany, it is only because 
he is preparing some richer and better portion for the bereaved than they dared to 
hope for. 



LESSOR XLVIIL 



THE CURE AND PARDON OF THE PARALYTIC. 

I. Golden Text : Matt, xi, 28, 29. II. Home Reading : Monday, 
Psalm exxx. Tuesday, Psalm li. Wednesday, Isaiah lv. Thursday, 
John viii, 3-11. Friday, Matt, ix, 1-8. Saturday, Mark ii, 1-12. 
Sabbath, Luke v, 17-26. 

III. Lesson Hymn. L. M. 



Though eighteen hundred years are past 
Since Christ did in the flesh appear, 

His tender mercies ever last, 
And still his healing power is here. 

Would he the body's health restore, 
And not regard the sin-sick soul ? 

The sin-sick soul he loves much more, 
And surely he will make it whole. 



All my disease, my every sin, 

To thee, Jesus, I confess : 
In pardon, Lord, my cure begin, 

And perfect it in holiness. 

That tokenof thine utmost good, 
Now, Saviour, now on me bestow: 

And purge my conscience with thy blood, 
And wash my nature white as snow. 



IV. The Lesson. 

1. Compare the parallel passages by the following outline: Matt, ix, 
1-8 ; Mark ii, 1-12 ; Luke v, 17-26. 1) Christ in the crowded house. 
Mark ii, 1, 2; Luke v, 17. 2) The palsied man's approach. 3) The 
pardoning word. 4) The skeptical scribes and their reasonings. 5) The 
argument and demonstration. 6) The astonished multitude. 

2. What peculiar manners and customs are referred to in the lesson, 
and how do you explain them ? 

3. What does the fact that Jesus forgave sin teach us ? 

4. Kecite the Golden Text. 

V. Condensed Notes. 

Man sick of the palsy. Matt. ix. "Palsy seems to be a contraction of the word 
paralysis. It implies the loss of the power of muscular motion."— Whedon — Bed. 
Verse 2. This bed was portable. Probably it was nobbing more than a blanket, mat, 
or mattress, such as are now used in Palestine. 

Housetop; tiling. Luke v, 19 Uncovered the roof. Mark ii, 4. "Around 

the courts of Eastern houses galleries extend, often with a covering of loose boards. 
Christ probably went up into a gallery in order to address the crowd assembled in the 
court below. Hence the men with the paralytic 'had only to take up two or three of 
the loosely attached boards forming the covering of the gallery, and there was a clear 
and sufficient opening through which to let their friend down to the feet of our Sav- 
iour.' " Or the ' tiling ' may have been a tent-cloth or awning drawn over the court. 

Lessons: 1. Learn from those who bore the paralytic to Jesus that we may and 
should help the sinner to Jesus. 2. From their example lenrn the importance of per- 
sistency in our pity and help. 3. The divinity of Jesus. He had a right to forgive 
sin, and proved it by the cure of the sufferer. See Robertson's Sermon on " Christ's 
Way of Dealing with Sin," Fifth Series, page 79. 



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LESSON XLIX. 

INTERESTING INCIDENTS OMITTED.* 

I. Golden Text: Luke xxii, J7. II. Home Reading-: Monday, 
Matt, i, 18-26. ! Luke ii, 29-89. FPo&wtfqy, John ii, L8-22. 

Thursday \ Matt, iv, 18-22. Friday, Mark i, 21-28. Saturday, Matt. 
xii, l J-H. Sabbath, John viii, 2-11. 



III. Lesson Hymn. 76, 76. 



We love to Bing of Jesus, 

Who died our Boula to save ; 
We love to Bing of Jesus, 

Triumphant o'er the grave ; 
Ami in our hour of danger 

We'll trust his love alone. 
Who once slept in a manger, 

And now sits on the throne. 



Then let us sins of Jesus, 

While yet on earth we stay; 
And hope to sing of Jesus 

Throughout eternal day; 
For those who here confess him, 

He will in heaven confess ; 
And faithful hearts that bless him 

He will forever bless. 



IV. Plan of Study. 

I. At home read over the list. If you do not recall the principal facts 
of any incident examine the Scripture. 2. How many miracles are 
enumerated below ? 3. Which of the forty facts give most encourage- 
ment to the penitent sinner? 4. Let all— scholars and teachers— be 
encouraged to draw from several of these facts a few practical lessons, 
and present them in writing to the superintendent. 

1. The Annunciation to Mary. Luke i, 26-38. 

2. Mary's Visit with Elizabeth. Luke i, 39-56. 

3. Joseph's Vision of an Angel. Matt, i, 18-25. 

4. The circumstances of Jesus' Birth. Luke ii, 1-7. 

5. Genealogical Tables. Matt, i, 1-17 : Luke iii, 23^38. 

6. Circumcision and Naming of Christ. Luke ii, 21. 

7. Jesus in the Temple. Simeon and Anna. Luke ii, 22-39. 

8. Flight into Egypt. Matt, ii, 13-15. 

9. The Massacre at Bethlehem. Matt, ii, 16-18. 

10. Joseph's Dream in Egypt and Return to Palestine. Matt, ii, 19-23. 

II. John's Testimony to Jesus. John i, 19-36. 

12. The Traders Expelled from the Temple. John ii, 13-22. 

13. Miraculous Draught of Wishes. Luke v, 1-11. 

14. The Demoniac in the Synagogue Restored. Luke iv, 31-37. 

15. Peter's Mother-in-Law Cured of a Fever. Matt, viii, 14-17; Mark i, 29-34; 
Luke iv, 38-41. 

hi. The Impotent Man Cured, at Jerusalem. John v, 2-9. 

17. Plucking Grain on Sabbath. Matt, xii, 1-8; Mark ii, 23-28 ; Luke vi, 1-5. 

18. Cure of the Withered Hand. Matt, xii, 9-14; Mark iii, 1-6; Luke vi, 6-11. 
1!». Centurion's Servant Cured,. Matt, viii, 5-10, 13; Luke vii, 1-10. 

SO. The Two Disciples from John in Prison. Matt. xi,2-24; Luke x, 12-15. 

21. Tlie Demoniac Restored. Matt, xii, 22. 

22. John the Baptist Beheaded. Matt, xiv, 1-12; Mark vi, 14-16,21-29; Luke ix, 7-10. 
83. Money in the Mouth of a Fish. Matt, xvii, 24-27. 

24. The Seventy sent forth. Matt x, 16, 23-26; Luke x, 1-3; John xiii, 16. 

25. Attempt and Failure to Arrest Jesus. John vii, 32-53. 
2»i. The Adulteress Pardoned. John viii, 2-11. 

27. The Seventy Return. Matt, xi, 25-27 ; Luke x, 17, 18, 20-22. 
2*. A Visit with Martha and Mary. Luke x, 38-42. 

29. The Woman with the Spirit of Infirmity. Luke xiii, 10-17. 

30. Th% Mn a with Dropsy Cured. Luke xiv, 1-6. 

31. Children Welcomed. Matt. xbc, 13-15; Mark x, 13-16; Take xviii, 15-17. 

32. Visit at Zaccheus' House. Matt. xxv. 14-30; Luke xix, '2-28. 

33. Visit at Bethany, and Anointing by Mary. Matt, xxvi, G-13 ; Mark xiv, 3-9. 

* In the preceding lessons it has been impossible to treat fully every important event 
in the wonderful life of The Loud. The most of these omitted facts are here referred 
to, and may be examined at home ; some of them at special week-evening classes. 



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34. The Triumphant Entrance into Jerusalem. Matt, xxi, 1-9; Mark xi,l-10; Luke 
.; John xii, 12-18. 
rhe Tradesmen again Expelled from the Temple. Mutt, xxi, 10-17; Mark xi, 
11-17 ; Luke xix. 45, 46. 

36. The Widow's Two Mites. Mark xii, 41-44; Luke xxi, 1-4. 

37. " It thundered" — "an Angel spake." John xii, 28-30. 

38. ThePlotof Judas. Matt, xxvi, 3-3. 14-16. 

39. The Last Supper. Matt. xxvi. 17-3."); Mark xiv, 12-26; Luke xxii, 7-39. 

40. Suicide of Judas. Matt, xxvii, 3-1U; Acts i, 18,19. 



LESSON" L. 
THE NAMES GIVEN TO JESUS. 



I. Golden Text: Isa. ix, 6. II. Home Reading: Monday, Matt, i, 
18-23. Tuesday, Matt, ii, 19-23. Wednesday, Matt, xii, 22-30. Thurs- 
day, John i, 1-14. Friday, Heb. xiii, 20-25. Saturday, 1 Pet. i, 1-9. 
Sabbath, Eev. i. 

III. Lesson Hymn. C. M. 



How sweet the name of Jesus sounds 

In a believer's ear : 
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 

And drives away his fear. 

Dear Name, the rock on which I build, 

My shield and hiding-place ; 
My never-failing treasure, filled 

With boundless stores of grace : 



Jesus, my Shepherd, Saviour, Friend, 
My Prophet, Priest, and King, 

My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, 
Accept the praise I bring. 

I would thy boundless love proclaim 
With every fleeting breath : 

So shall the music of thy name 
Refresh my soul in death. 



IV. Plan of Study. 

1. Examine the passages referred to under each title. 2. Ask what 
practical lessons and encouragements may be drawn from these titles 
of Jesus. 

1. In the Lessons. 



Jesus. Luke iii, 21, etc. 

Holy Thing. Luke i, 35. 

Son. John iii, 3t>. 

Son of God. Mark i, 1. 

Son of the Living God. Matt, xvi, 16. 

Son of the Blessed. Mark xiv, 61. 

Son of the Most High God. Mark v, 7. 

Only Begotten Son. John i, 18. 

Son of Man. Matt. xvii,22; ix, 6. 

Lord. Luke v. 8. 

Emmanuel. Matt, i, 23, 

Saviour. Luke ii, 11. 

Christ. John vii. 26. 

Jesus Christ. John i, 17. 

Christ the Lord. Luke ii, 11. 

The Lord's Christ. Luke ii, 26. 

Light. John i, 9. 

Light of the World. John viii, 12. 

A Light to lighten the Gentiles. Luke ii, 32. 

Carpenter. Mark vi, 3. 



Carpenter's Son. Matt, xiii, 55. 

Good Shepherd. John x, 11. 

Way. John xiv, 6. 

Truth. John xiv, 6. 

Life. John xiv, 6. 

This Just Person. Matt, xxvii, 29. 

He whom God hath sent. John iii, 34. 

He that c<>meth in the name of the Lord. 

Mark xi. 9. 
Prophet of Nazareth. Matt, xxi, 11. 
Glory of thy people Israel. Luke ii, 32. 
King of the Jews. Mart, ii, 2 ; John 

xviii. 39. 
King of Israel. John i, 49; xii, 13. 
Word. John i, 14. 
Lamb of God. John i, 29, 36. 
Bread of Life. John vi, 48. 
Door. John x, 7. 
Holy One of God. Mark i. 24. 



2. Other Names given to Jesus in the Scriptures. 



Advocate. 1 John ii, 1. 
Almighty. Rev. i, 8. 
Alpha and Omega. Rev. 
Amen. Rev. iii, 14. 
Angel. Isa. lxiii, 9. 
Anointed. Psalm ii, 2. 
Apostle. Heb. iii, 1. 
Bishop. 1 Peter ii ; 25. 
Branch. Jer. xxiii, 5. 



Captain of Salvation. Heb. ii, 10. 
Chief Shepherd. 1 Peter v, 4. 
Corner-Stone. Eph. ii, 20. 
Counselor. Isaiah ix, 6. 
Dayspring. Luke i, 78. 
Desire of all Nations. TTa^gai ii, 7. 
Foundation. Isaiah xxviii, 16. 
Fountain. Zech. xiii, 1. 
Forerunner. Heb. vi, 20. 



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-nor. Matt. : 

ib, i. 2. 
HUrh Priest Heb. iv. II. 
Holy Child Jesus. Acts iv. 30. 
1 am. John viii. 58. 
Ima«e of God. Heb. i. 8. 
Jehovah. Isaiah \l. 3. 
Judge I 

\ . x\ ii. 14. 



Lion of Hi' tribe of Judah. Bey. v,r>. 
Lord of Glory. 1 Cor 11. B. 
Lord of Lords. Rev. m 11, 1 1. 

I • he <"o\ enant. Mai. iii, 1. 
Morniim Star. Rev. X \ii. 10. 
Priest. Heb. vii, 17. 
Redeemer. Isaiah II 
Surety. Heb. vii. :-2. 

Wisdom. Prov. viii. 12.* 



LESSON LI. 
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT JESUS. 



I. Golden Text: Matt, xii, 42. II. Home Reading: Monday, Luke 
vii, 86-50. Tuesday, Luke x, 38-42. Wednesday, Luke xix, 1-10. 
Thursday, Mark xiv, 12-26. Friday, John xii, 12-19. Saturday, John 
xvii. Sabbath, Mark vi, 46 ; Matt, xiv, 23 ; Luke vi, 12 ; xxii, 41-45. 



III. Lesson Hymn. 



L. M. 



r hold a stranger at the door ! 
e gently knocks, has knocked before ; 
.as waited long— is waiting still ; 
Tou treat no other friend so ill. 

lovely attitude ! he stands 
With melting heart and loaded hands ! 
matchless kindness ! and he shows 
This matchless kindness to his foes. 



Rise, touched with gratitude divine ; 
Turn out his enemy and thine, 
That soul-destroying monster, sin, 
And let the heavenly stranger in. 

Admit him, ere his anger burn— 
His feet departed, ne'er return: 
Admit him, or the hour's at hand 
You'll at his door rejected stand. 



IV. Plan of Study. 

Examine Scripture passages indicated, and draw lessons. 
1. Houses he Entered. 

1. House near Bethabara. John i, 39. 

2. House in Cana. John ii, 1. 

3. House of Peter at Capernaum. Matt, viii, 14; xiii, 1, 36 ; Mark ii, 1-12. 

4. House of a Pharisee. Luke vii, 36. 

5. House in Galilee. Mark iii, 19. 

6. House of a Pharisee. Luke xi, 37. 

7. House of Levi or Matthew. Matt, ix, 10; Mark ii, 15 ; Luke v, 29. 

8. House of Jairus at Capernaum. Matt, ix, 23; Mark v, 38; Luke viii, 51. 

9. House of Martha and Mary. Luke x, 38. 

10. House of a chief Pharisee. Luke xiv, 1. 

11. House of Zaccheus. Luke xix, 5,6. 

12. House of Simon in Bethany. Matt, xxvi, 6; Mark xiv, 3; John xii, 2. 

13. Upper room in Jerusalem, at the Passover meal. Mark xiv, 15, 16. 

14. Hiirh Priest's house. Matt, xxvi, 57, 58, 69; Mark xiv, 54, 66; Luke xxii, 54; John 
xviii. 15. 

15. Place of the council— Sanhedrim. Luke xxii, 66. 
It'.. Pilate's judgment hall. John xviii, 28. 

17. Herod's house, or hall probably. Luke xxiii, 7. 

18. Pretorium. Matt, xxvii.27; Mark xv, 16. 
lit. House at Einmaus. Luke xxiv, 29. 

in. House at Jerusalem. Mark xvi. 14; Luke xxiv, 36; John xx, 19. 
21. House at Jerusalem. John xx, 26. 

2. Christ's Visits to Jerusalem. 

1. Presentation in the Temple. Luke ii, 22-38. «* 

2. Passover attended with his parents. Luke ii, 41-52. 

3. First passover after his baptism. John ii, 15-25. Drives traders from the temple. 

* These are not all the names given to Jesus in the Word. He is therein called or 
described by over one hundred and forty different titles. 



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4. Second passover after his baptism. John v, 1-47. Heals infirm man at pool of 

ad a. 

5. Feast of tabernacles. John vii, 11 

si of dedication. John x, '22-42. 

7. Public entry to the city. John xii, 12-19; Matt, xxi, 1-1 6 ; Mark xi, 1-11 ; Luke 
xix, 28. 

8. Fourth passoyer meal. Matt, xxvi; Mark xiv: Luke xxii; John xiii. 

3. His Places of Pkayer. 

1. \ solitary place. Hark i. 35. 

2. i:i th^ Wildernesa Luke v, 16. 

the mountain. Matr.xiv, 2'i\ Mark vi. 46; Luke vi, 12. 

4. On Mount of Transfiguration. Luke ix, 28, 29. 

5. Near Jerusalem. Luke xi, 1. 
(3. At Bethany. John xi. 41, 42. 

7. In Crethsemane. Matt, xxvi, 39-45; Mark xiv, 35-40 ; Luke xxii, 41-45. 

8. On the cross. Matt, xxvii, 46 ; Mark xv, 34; Luke xxiii, 34, 46. 



. LESSOR LIL 
TESTIMONIES TO THE CHARACTER OF JESUS. 

I. Golden Text: John xix, 6. II. Home Reading: Monday, Luke 
ii, 25-35. Tuesday, Luke ii, 36-40. Wednesday, John ix, 24-38. 
Thursday, John i, 19-36. Friday, John vi, 10-15. Saturday, John vii, 
10-53. Sabbath, John xix, 1-22. 



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III. Lesson Hymn. 



O could I speak the matchless worth, 
O could I sound the glories forth, 

Which in my Saviour shine ! 
I'd soar and touch the heavenly strings, 
And vie with Gabriel while he sings 

In notes almost divine. 



I'd sing the characters he bears, 
. And all the forms of love he wears, 

Exalted on his throne : 
In loftiest songs of sweetest praise, 
1 would, to everlasting days, 

Make all his glories known. 



IV. The Lesson. 

Thy holy child Jesus. Acts iv, 27. The holy and the just. Acts iii, 14. 
Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 1 Cor. i, 24. The 
image of God. 2 Cor. iv, 4. The brightness of his glory, and the ex- 
press image of his person. Heb. i, 3. A lamb without blemish, and 
without spot. 1 Peter i, 19. Who knew no sin. 2 Cor. v, 21. Who 
did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. 1 Peter ii, 22. Thou 
art fairer than the children of men. Psalm xiv, 2. One among a thou- 
sand. Job xxxiii, 23. A polished shaft. Isa. xlix, 2. In the beginning 
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 
The same was in the beginning with God. All things were mad< 
him: and without him was not anything made that was made. John 
i, 1-3. I and my Father are one. John x, 30. Thomas answered 
said unto him, My Lord and my God. John xx, 28. Who bein^r i n the 
form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. Phil, ii, < ; . 
In him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Col. ii, 9. But 
unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever : a 
ter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved 
righteousness, and hated iniquity • therefore God, even thy God, hath, 
anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Heb. i, 8, 9. 
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood : and his name is 
called, The Word of God. And he hath on his vesture and on his 
thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LOED OF LOKDS. 
Eev. xix, 13, 16. 

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